# Walker (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/walker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔːkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Walks |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 48,951 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 47,914 / 1,037 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 133, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 11,154 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,405 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,355 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,697 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,965 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,367 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,519 |
| 2018 | 27 | 5,003 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,783 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,335 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,696 |
| 2022 | 158 | 1,430 |
| 2023 | 121 | 1,708 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,769 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,961 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 676 | 417 |
| 2012 | 707 | 412 |
| 2013 | 840 | 370 |
| 2014 | 1,046 | 326 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | 341 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | 332 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | 315 |
| 2018 | 1,343 | 266 |
| 2019 | 1,638 | 230 |
| 2020 | 1,861 | 206 |
| 2021 | 2,868 | 130 |
| 2022 | 4,250 | 78 |
| 2023 | 4,018 | 85 |
| 2024 | 4,033 | 82 |
| 2025 | 4,204 | 78 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Walker

- Walker Percy, American philosophical novelist
- Walker Evans, American photographer and photojournalist (1903-1975)
- Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player
- Thomas Walker Arnold, British orientalist and historian (1864–1930)
- Walker Kessler, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Walker Buehler, American baseball player (born 1994)
- R. Walker Nickless, American Catholic bishop
- Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
- Walker Hayes, American musician
- Thomas Walker Gilmer, American politician (1802-1844)
- Bradley Walker Tomlin, American artist (1899-1953)
- Walker Brooke, American politician (1813-1869)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.