Walker

#1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births · #78 for boys in 2025, 4,204 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#78
2022 · 4,250 births
Debut · boys
1880
29 births
In top 100 · boys
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
47,914
since 1880

Walker over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,94299#784,204
2024#1,753115#824,033
2023#1,699121#854,018
2022#1,422158#784,250
2021#1,680123#1302,868
2020#3,28147#2061,861
2019#3,71840#2301,638
2018#4,88927#2661,343
2017#6,28719#3151,100
2016#7,98814#3311,048
2015#6,72118#3401,010
2014#6,45119#3261,046
2013#7,03117#369840
2012#12,1998#410707
2011#10,37410#417676
2010#13,4487#426649
2009#15,2426#462589
2008#15,4056#494554
2007#12,6768#460601
2006#9,28612#413696
2005#10,9219#369803
2004#6,48918#380722
2003#7,99813#412625
2002#13,5956#406622
2001#11,0208#399629
2000#15,0315#426578
1999#10,3458#434535
1998#9,2609#427542
1997#6,84413#426536
1996#8,13210#446504
1995#8,07910#480450
1994#7,60411#533369
1993#13,4425#646255
1992—#736197
1991#13,1475#774176
1990—#842148
1989—#891128
1988—#97099
1987—#1,04783
1986—#1,02881
1985—#97587
1984—#95186
1983—#98780
1982—#1,08870
1981—#1,16962
1980#10,3925#1,17660
1979—#1,26053
1978—#1,32647
1977—#1,01971
1976—#1,08460
1975—#1,06561
1974—#1,00766
1973—#1,16350
1972—#1,12952
1971—#1,19947
1970—#1,31440
1969—#1,19843
1968—#1,33933
1967—#1,31233
1966—#1,14942
1965—#1,18941
1964—#1,35034
1963—#1,23839
1962—#1,12147
1961—#1,12149
1960—#1,38233
1959—#1,03455
1958—#1,04054
1957—#1,18543
1956—#1,03253
1955—#95761
1954—#90866
1953—#95956
1952—#86366
1951—#83072
1950—#93454
1949—#78277
1948—#89159
1947—#79475
1946—#75377
1945—#72871
1944—#69780
1943—#77371
1942—#75572
1941—#77065
1940—#71173
1939—#80557
1938—#79960
1937—#65083
1936—#78760
1935—#69775
1934—#72571
1933—#75266
1932—#75669
1931—#67778
1930—#64491
1929—#60699
1928—#65292
1927#4,8055#72680
1926—#66091
1925#4,9735#617103
1924—#600113
1923—#600111
1922—#612112
1921—#553128
1920#3,5988#490151
1919—#548119
1918—#589107
1917—#577105
1916—#562104
1915#4,2745#555103
1914#3,6185#59172
1913—#49876
1912—#48466
1911—#51433
1910—#44738
1909—#50526
1908—#38936
1907—#49522
1906—#41128
1905—#50720
1904—#53817
1903—#43022
1902—#49019
1901—#37125
1900—#43027
1899—#35526
1898—#36428
1897—#31634
1896—#29040
1895—#30136
1894—#39922
1893—#34926
1892—#32932
1891—#37721
1890—#32229
1889—#29433
1888—#30235
1887—#33025
1886—#31729
1885—#36423
1884—#41619
1883—#38120
1882—#32428
1881—#32425
1880—#31429
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Walker was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.

See more about Walker
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#82 → #78)
  • 128 spots since 2020 (#206 → #78)
  • 262 spots since 2015 (#340 → #78)
  • Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1937 (#787 → #650)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1950 (#782 → #934)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #78 (4,250 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 406
  • Highest: 1 in 406 boys born in 2025 were named Walker (0.25%)
  • Its best rank, #78 in 2022, was only 1 in 411 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 44.3% of all boys named Walker (21,234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s266#294 (1889)#337
1890s294#290 (1896)#340
1900s242#371 (1901)#457
1910s823#447 (1910)#537
1920s1,080#490 (1920)#612
1930s710#644 (1930)#729
1940s720#697 (1944)#765
1950s580#830 (1951)#974
1960s394#1,121 (1961)#1,240
1970s547#1,007 (1974)#1,157
1980s836#891 (1989)#1,028
1990s3,712#426 (1997)#574
2000s6,419#369 (2005)#422
2010s10,057#230 (2019)#343
2020s21,234#78 (2022)#110

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Walker in 1980

girls
#10,392
5 births · 1 in 332,061 girls
boys
#1,176
60 births · 1 in 29,733 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #10,392Walker5

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,176Walker60
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Walker, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walker
  1. #9,095Yvon6
  2. #9,095Zella6
  3. #9,095Zuri6
  4. #10,392Walker5
  5. #10,392Abbegail5
  6. #10,392Abel5
  7. #10,392Abelina5

Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 29,733 of them was named Walker, which outranked 83.9% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walker
  1. #1,166Orion61
  2. #1,166Ravi61
  3. #1,166Tate61
  4. #1,176Walker60
  5. #1,176Alfonzo60
  6. #1,176Amy60
  7. #1,176Armond60
  8. #1,187Cheyenne59
  9. #1,187Derrik59
  10. #1,187Enoch59

Tied with 10 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →