Walker

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

Girl's name · #1961 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Walker is near its high-water mark: it reached #1430 in 2022 and still ranked #1961 in 2025. About 1,000 girls have carried it since 1914. About 97% of babies named Walker in recent years have been boys.

Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Walkers

Walker Brandt — actress

In stories & tradition

Walker Keel — The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard · Losing the Peace

What Walkers become

Among 124 notable people named Walker:

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