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
2022 · 4,250 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2013

girls
#7,031
17 births · 1 in 103,220 girls
boys
#369
840 births · 1 in 2,252 boys

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #7,031Walker17

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #369Walker840
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 103,220 of them was named Walker, which outranked 63.5% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walker
  1. #6,729Zhane18
  2. #6,729Zunaira18
  3. #6,729Zyaira18
  4. #7,031Walker17
  5. #7,031Aanvi17
  6. #7,031Aariya17
  7. #7,031Abena17
  8. #7,372Aarini16
  9. #7,372Aashvi16
  10. #7,372Abcde16

Tied with 340 names at #7,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. 3,124Daleyza#3,711#587
  2. 736Marjorie#1,646#910
  3. 683Lennon#1,612#929
  4. 561Jurnee#1,457#896
  5. 539Everleigh#1,405#866
Fallers
  1. 827Litzy#598#1,425
  2. 409Geraldine#994#1,403
  3. 384Taraji#858#1,242
  4. 374Marisa#977#1,351
  5. 372Adley#733#1,105

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

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 2,252 of them was named Walker, which outranked 97.4% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walker
  1. #366Major854
  2. #367Gideon846
  3. #368Kellan843
  4. #369Walker840
  5. #369Cohen840
  6. #371River830
  7. #372Taylor825
  8. #373Jayson817

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. 843Jayceon#1,050#207
  2. 636Milan#1,182#546
  3. 604Atlas#1,383#779
  4. 504Jayse#1,466#962
  5. 423Duke#1,145#722
Fallers
  1. 318Austyn#898#1,216
  2. 291Masen#723#1,014
  3. 274Jaidyn#979#1,253
  4. 267Trevon#925#1,192
  5. 260Bently#637#897

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

See the top 100 for 2013