How Many People Are Named Walker?
people named Walker are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,689 people in the US has this name
Based on 48,951 babies named Walker in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,408 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller. Walkers would tread on wet, unprocessed wool in order to clean and thicken it. The word ultimately derives from Old English wealcan "to walk".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Walker, 2.3% were girls and 97.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Walker alive today is about 12 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Walker first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 4,408 babies. In 2025, 4,303 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Walker never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #78, in 2022 and 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 2022 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #78.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #78 |
| Best rank | #78 (2022 and 2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (2022 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #101 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Walker alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Walker were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Walker was given about 2.6 times as often in Mississippi, Montana and South Carolina.
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