Walker
An English occupational surname for a fuller, the worker who cleaned and thickened woven cloth by treading it, from Old English wealcan, to tread or roll.
Walker in 2025
Walker was given to 4,303 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 129th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 770 babies born.
The history of Walker
Walker reached its highest point in 2022, when 4,408 babies were given the name, ranking 129th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 48,951 babies have been named Walker. Half of them were born before 2018, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Alpha.
Walker by decade
| Decade | Babies named Walker | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 266 | 606 |
| 1890s | 294 | 746 |
| 1900s | 242 | 1,009 |
| 1910s | 833 | 1,079 |
| 1920s | 1,098 | 1,043 |
| 1930s | 710 | 1,346 |
| 1940s | 720 | 1,505 |
| 1950s | 580 | 1,871 |
| 1960s | 394 | 2,643 |
| 1970s | 547 | 2,428 |
| 1980s | 841 | 2,088 |
| 1990s | 3,783 | 867 |
| 2000s | 6,510 | 753 |
| 2010s | 10,236 | 411 |
| 2020s | 21,897 | 129 |
Where Walker is heading
Walker has grown more than 4.2 times over the past decade, from 1,028 babies in 2015 to 4,303 in 2025.
Names like Walker
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Walker.