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Walker

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #340, 2016: #331, 2017: #315, 2018: #266, 2019: #230, 2020: #206, 2021: #130, 2022: #78, 2023: #85, 2024: #82, 2025: #781 in 406 boys in the US, 2025#78 · rising · was #340 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,020, 2016: #1,627, 2017: #4,812, 2018: #3,011, 2019: #2,488, 2020: #2,228, 2021: #2,125, 2022: #1,314, 2023: #3,113, 2024: #1,859, 2025: #2,4401 in 30,215 boys in E&W, 2025#2,440 · falling · was #2,020 in 2015

Boy’s name · from a surname · /ˈwɔːkɚ/

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What Walker means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Walker yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Walker?

US 2025
#78
4,204 babies
▲ 4 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2440
9 babies
▼ 581 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #340 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2020 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 4,204 boys got the name (#78 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 406 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (9.08 per 1,000 boys), MT (7.97 per 1,000 boys), ND (7.75 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Walker is #78 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#784,2041 in 406#340
England & Wales#244091 in 30,215#2020
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Walker were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 2025994,204
England & Wales 202509
US all years since 18801,03747,914
England & Wales since 19960133

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ˈwɔːkɚ/, /ˈwɔːkə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Walker

Boys

  • Montgomery#960“Gomeric's hill”
  • Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
  • Miller#369From a surname for “a miller”
  • Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
  • Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”
  • Hayes#162“brushwood”

For a sister

  • Quincy#814Editor’s note Used for both: 44% of US babies named Quincy in 2025 were girls
  • Sutton#181“south + town”
  • Oakley#156“oak + woodland clearing, glade”
  • Remington#511“settlement by the boundary stream”
  • Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”
  • Carter#454“son of Arthur”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Walker’s. Rank is US 2025.

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