Walker
Walker was given to 4,204 boys in 2025, #78 among boys’ names; 48,951 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 44,400 Americans named Walker and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 3 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Walker by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Walker mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Walker is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Walker?
#78 among boys’ names, 2025
Walker rose from #341 in 2015 to #78 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.53 to 2.5 per 1,000.
4,408 babies in 2022, the peak
Walker peaked in 2022, when 4,408 babies were given it (4,250 boys, #78 among boys’ names). The 4,303 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 98% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,204 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 4,033 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 4,018 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 4,250 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 2,868 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 1,861 | #206 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 1,638 | #230 | 0.91 |
| 2018 | 1,343 | #266 | 0.74 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | #315 | 0.59 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | #332 | 0.55 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,010 | #341 | 0.53 |
| 2014 | 1,046 | #326 | 0.54 |
| 2013 | 840 | #370 | 0.44 |
| 2012 | 707 | #412 | 0.37 |
| 2011 | 676 | #417 | 0.36 |
| 2010 | 649 | #426 | 0.34 |
| 2009 | 589 | #464 | 0.30 |
| 2008 | 554 | #494 | 0.27 |
| 2007 | 601 | #460 | 0.29 |
| 2006 | 696 | #413 | 0.34 |
| 2005 | 803 | #369 | 0.40 |
| 2004 | 722 | #380 | 0.36 |
| 2003 | 625 | #414 | 0.32 |
| 2002 | 622 | #406 | 0.32 |
| 2001 | 629 | #399 | 0.32 |
| 2000 | 578 | #427 | 0.29 |
| 1999 | 535 | #434 | 0.28 |
| 1998 | 542 | #428 | 0.28 |
| 1997 | 536 | #426 | 0.28 |
| 1996 | 504 | #448 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 450 | #481 | 0.24 |
| 1994 | 369 | #532 | 0.19 |
| 1993 | 255 | #645 | 0.13 |
| 1992 | 197 | #736 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 176 | #773 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 148 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 128 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 99 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 87 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 86 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 80 | #994 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,176 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,269 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,136 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,220 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,338 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,161 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,205 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,368 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,252 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,134 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,133 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,397 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,048 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,047 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,196 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,043 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 61 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 66 | #915 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 56 | #963 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 66 | #868 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 72 | #831 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 54 | #946 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 77 | #789 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 59 | #899 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 75 | #799 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 77 | #758 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 71 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 80 | #697 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 71 | #780 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 72 | #758 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 65 | #777 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 73 | #716 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 57 | #810 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 60 | #807 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 83 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 60 | #796 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 75 | #701 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 71 | #729 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 66 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 69 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 78 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 91 | #644 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 99 | #609 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 92 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 80 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 91 | #662 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 103 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 113 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 111 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 112 | #613 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 128 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 151 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 119 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 107 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 105 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 104 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 103 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 72 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 76 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 66 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 33 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 38 | #453 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 26 | #518 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 36 | #397 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 22 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 28 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 20 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 17 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 22 | #449 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 19 | #505 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 25 | #381 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 27 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 26 | #361 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 28 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1897 | 34 | #320 | 0.30 |
| 1896 | 40 | #294 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 36 | #304 | 0.31 |
| 1894 | 22 | #411 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 26 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1892 | 32 | #334 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 21 | #385 | 0.21 |
| 1890 | 29 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1889 | 33 | #304 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 35 | #307 | 0.29 |
| 1887 | 25 | #332 | 0.25 |
| 1886 | 29 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1885 | 23 | #377 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 19 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 20 | #397 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 28 | #331 | 0.25 |
| 1881 | 25 | #330 | 0.25 |
| 1880 | 29 | #318 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Walker a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 48,951 Americans recorded as Walker, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 99 girls and 4,204 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Walker: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Walker, and how old are they?
44,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 48,951 Americans ever recorded as Walker. The median Walker alive today is 7 years old; half are between 3 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 22,716 people named Walker (531 women and girls, 22,185 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 23,525 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 246 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 685 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 714 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 29,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Walker born?
The states with the most babies named Walker are Texas, California and Tennessee, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 435 | #94 | 0.9× |
| California | 228 | #174 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 218 | #20 | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 215 | #48 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 186 | #53 | 1.8× |
| North Carolina | 180 | #62 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 180 | #118 | 0.7× |
| Alabama | 150 | #14 | 2.0× |
| Virginia | 138 | #58 | 1.2× |
| Kentucky | 136 | #19 | 1.7× |
Where Walker is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Walker is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Walker with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Walker
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Walker and names like it
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Walker since 1910.
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- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Walker.
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