Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: EnglishWalker is an occupational male given name, deriving from the English term for "cloth washer".
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Walker yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Only Theo grew faster than Walker in this batch: 285% over the past decade. 4,248 births and #78 arrived together in 2022, before easing to 4,023 and #82 by 2024.
Records for this name go back to the dataset's 1880 start, quiet through most of the 20th century before the recent surge.
George W. Bush, whose middle name is Walker, sits alongside novelist Walker Percy and photographer Walker Evans — three men who all carried it as a middle name, not a first one.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 29 | #318 |
| 1881 | 25 | #330 |
| 1882 | 28 | #331 |
| 1883 | 20 | #397 |
| 1884 | 19 | #430 |
| 1885 | 23 | #377 |
| 1886 | 29 | #320 |
| 1887 | 25 | #332 |
| 1888 | 35 | #307 |
| 1889 | 33 | #304 |
| 1890 | 29 | #327 |
| 1891 | 21 | #385 |
| 1892 | 32 | #334 |
| 1893 | 26 | #358 |
| 1894 | 22 | #411 |
| 1895 | 36 | #304 |
| 1896 | 40 | #294 |
| 1897 | 34 | #320 |
| 1898 | 28 | #374 |
| 1899 | 26 | #361 |
| 1900 | 27 | #444 |
| 1901 | 25 | #381 |
| 1902 | 19 | #505 |
| 1903 | 22 | #449 |
| 1904 | 17 | #564 |
| 1905 | 20 | #523 |
| 1906 | 28 | #423 |
| 1907 | 22 | #509 |
| 1908 | 36 | #397 |
| 1909 | 26 | #518 |
| 1910 | 38 | #453 |
| 1911 | 33 | #524 |
| 1912 | 66 | #490 |
| 1913 | 76 | #501 |
| 1914 | 72 | #597 |
| 1915 | 103 | #557 |
| 1916 | 104 | #563 |
| 1917 | 105 | #580 |
| 1918 | 107 | #591 |
| 1919 | 119 | #550 |
| 1920 | 151 | #491 |
| 1921 | 128 | #558 |
| 1922 | 112 | #613 |
| 1923 | 111 | #605 |
| 1924 | 113 | #602 |
| 1925 | 103 | #620 |
| 1926 | 91 | #662 |
| 1927 | 80 | #731 |
| 1928 | 92 | #658 |
| 1929 | 99 | #609 |
| 1930 | 91 | #644 |
| 1931 | 78 | #683 |
| 1932 | 69 | #762 |
| 1933 | 66 | #756 |
| 1934 | 71 | #729 |
| 1935 | 75 | #701 |
| 1936 | 60 | #795 |
| 1937 | 83 | #655 |
| 1938 | 60 | #807 |
| 1939 | 57 | #810 |
| 1940 | 73 | #716 |
| 1941 | 65 | #777 |
| 1942 | 72 | #758 |
| 1943 | 71 | #780 |
| 1944 | 80 | #697 |
| 1945 | 71 | #734 |
| 1946 | 77 | #758 |
| 1947 | 75 | #800 |
| 1948 | 59 | #900 |
| 1949 | 77 | #790 |
| 1950 | 54 | #947 |
| 1951 | 72 | #832 |
| 1952 | 66 | #869 |
| 1953 | 56 | #964 |
| 1954 | 66 | #916 |
| 1955 | 61 | #969 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,044 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,197 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,048 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,048 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,399 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,134 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,136 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,252 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,369 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,205 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,161 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,220 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,335 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,213 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,136 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,174 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,018 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,083 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,098 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,026 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,350 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,269 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,186 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,176 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,094 |
| 1983 | 79 | #999 |
| 1984 | 85 | #967 |
| 1985 | 87 | #983 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,040 |
| 1987 | 84 | #1,047 |
| 1988 | 99 | #979 |
| 1989 | 128 | #897 |
| 1990 | 148 | #844 |
| 1991 | 176 | #777 |
| 1992 | 197 | #738 |
| 1993 | 255 | #646 |
| 1994 | 369 | #533 |
| 1995 | 450 | #481 |
| 1996 | 504 | #448 |
| 1997 | 536 | #426 |
| 1998 | 542 | #428 |
| 1999 | 535 | #434 |
| 2000 | 578 | #427 |
| 2001 | 629 | #399 |
| 2002 | 622 | #406 |
| 2003 | 625 | #414 |
| 2004 | 722 | #380 |
| 2005 | 803 | #369 |
| 2006 | 696 | #413 |
| 2007 | 601 | #460 |
| 2008 | 554 | #494 |
| 2009 | 589 | #463 |
| 2010 | 649 | #426 |
| 2011 | 676 | #417 |
| 2012 | 707 | #412 |
| 2013 | 840 | #370 |
| 2014 | 1,046 | #326 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | #341 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | #331 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | #315 |
| 2018 | 1,343 | #266 |
| 2019 | 1,638 | #230 |
| 2020 | 1,861 | #206 |
| 2021 | 2,867 | #130 |
| 2022 | 4,248 | #78 |
| 2023 | 4,016 | #85 |
| 2024 | 4,023 | #82 |
