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Mostly boys · English occupational name

Walker

“cloth-walker”

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The story behind the name

Meet Walker.

US birth records for 2025 list 99 girls named Walker (rank #1,961) and 4,204 boys named Walker (rank #78).

For girls, the recorded count fell from 115 in 2024 to 99 in 2025. For boys, the recorded count rose from 4,033 in 2024 to 4,204 in 2025.

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A little perspective

How popular is Walker?

United States · 2025
Girls · 2025#1,96199 recorded births
Boys · 2025#784,204 recorded births

Recorded US births over time

201420254,2500
● Girls● Boys
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YearCategoryUS rankBirths
2025Boys784,204
2025Girls1,96199
2024Boys824,033
2024Girls1,769115
2023Boys854,018
2023Girls1,708121
2022Boys784,250
2022Girls1,430158
2021Boys1302,868
2021Girls1,696123
2020Boys2061,861
2020Girls3,33547
2019Boys2301,638
2019Girls3,78340
2018Boys2661,343
2018Girls5,00327
2017Boys3151,100
2017Girls6,51919
2016Boys3321,048
2016Girls8,36714
2015Boys3411,010
2015Girls6,96518
2014Boys3261,046
2014Girls6,69719

Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Records below the publication threshold may be missing; gaps are not zero births.

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