Walker

“One who treats cloth by walking it (cloth fuller)” — English origin

Boy's name · #78 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Walker was #294 in 1896, slipped to #1398 by 1960, and first reached #78 in 2022 and is currently back at it — its highest rank ever. About 48,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 730 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Walkers

Walker Percy — American philosophical novelist
Walker Evans — American photographer and photojournalist (1903-1975)
Walker Zimmerman — American soccer player
Walker Scobell — American actor
Walker Kessler — American basketball player

In stories & tradition

Walker Boh — Shannara
Walker — Three Days of Rain
Walker Keel — The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard · Losing the Peace

What Walkers become

Among 124 notable people named Walker:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Walker Blaine, American lawyer (1855–1890).

Similar names: Silas · Waylon · Everett · Parker · Tucker · Archer

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