first name
WALKER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,716 people named Walker, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 97.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Walker peaked in 2022, when 4,408 babies got the name.
At least 48,951 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Walker by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #159. The largest share of babies named Walker, 61.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Walker is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Walker has been most common in South Carolina (2.4×), Georgia (2.3×), and Tennessee (2.2×), and least common in New Mexico (0.17×).
43,224 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Walker ranks #32 of 156,621, with 504,833 people. See Walker as a last name
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