Walker
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning a fuller of cloth.
How Walker has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #340 |
| 2016 | #331 |
| 2017 | #315 |
| 2018 | #265 |
| 2019 | #230 |
| 2020 | #205 |
| 2021 | #129 |
| 2022 | #78 |
| 2023 | #85 |
| 2024 | #82 |
| 2025 | #78 |
Walker by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Walker. In the US, 1,115 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,600 American boys born that year was called Walker.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Walker. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Walterruler of the army1,353 in the US (2017)
- Wilderwild; untamed; from an occupational surname505 in the US (2017)
- Wylderwild, untamed; a modern respelling of Wilder121 in the US (2017)
- Warnerdefender or protector116 in the US (2017)
- Wilmerresolute and famous; wilful desire and mær renown81 in the US (2017)
- Waleednewborn child; newly born25 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Walker
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