Walker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAW-ker
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #78 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Walker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cloth fuller”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 78th for boys in the US (4,204 babies).
What does Walker mean?
English: English occupational surname
“cloth fuller”
From the surname for a fuller, who trod raw woollen cloth in water to thicken and clean it.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Walker a girl's or a boy's name?
Walker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 99 girls and 4,204 boys in the US.
How popular is Walker in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Walker, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Walker than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Walker in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Walker in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 2 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Walker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 78th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,204 about 1 in 410 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 153% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,204 boys in the US were named Walker, making it the 78th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 206th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4,250 boys. 99 girls were also named Walker in 2025 (1,942nd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Walker in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Walker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,204 | #78 |
| 2024 | 4,033 | #82 |
| 2023 | 4,018 | #85 |
| 2022 | 4,250 | #78 |
| 2021 | 2,868 | #130 |
| 2020 | 1,861 | #206 |
| 2019 | 1,638 | #230 |
| 2018 | 1,343 | #266 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | #315 |
| 2016 | 1,048 | #331 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | #340 |
| 2014 | 1,046 | #326 |
| 2013 | 840 | #369 |
| 2012 | 707 | #410 |
| 2011 | 676 | #417 |
| 2010 | 649 | #426 |
| 2009 | 589 | #462 |
| 2008 | 554 | #494 |
| 2007 | 601 | #460 |
| 2006 | 696 | #413 |
| 2005 | 803 | #369 |
| 2004 | 722 | #380 |
| 2003 | 625 | #412 |
| 2002 | 622 | #406 |
| 2001 | 629 | #399 |
| 2000 | 578 | #426 |
| 1999 | 535 | #434 |
| 1998 | 542 | #427 |
| 1997 | 536 | #426 |
| 1996 | 504 | #446 |
| 1995 | 450 | #480 |
| 1994 | 369 | #532 |
| 1993 | 255 | #645 |
| 1992 | 197 | #734 |
| 1991 | 176 | #770 |
| 1990 | 148 | #838 |
| 1989 | 128 | #888 |
| 1988 | 99 | #969 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,046 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,027 |
| 1985 | 87 | #974 |
| 1984 | 86 | #950 |
| 1983 | 80 | #987 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,088 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,169 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,260 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,019 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,129 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,189 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,039 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 61 | #956 |
| 1954 | 66 | #907 |
| 1953 | 56 | #958 |
| 1952 | 66 | #862 |
| 1951 | 72 | #829 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 77 | #781 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 75 | #793 |
| 1946 | 77 | #753 |
| 1945 | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | 80 | #697 |
| 1943 | 71 | #773 |
| 1942 | 72 | #755 |
| 1941 | 65 | #770 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 |
| 1939 | 57 | #805 |
| 1938 | 60 | #799 |
| 1937 | 83 | #650 |
| 1936 | 60 | #787 |
| 1935 | 75 | #697 |
| 1934 | 71 | #725 |
| 1933 | 66 | #752 |
| 1932 | 69 | #756 |
| 1931 | 78 | #677 |
| 1930 | 91 | #644 |
| 1929 | 99 | #606 |
| 1928 | 92 | #652 |
| 1927 | 80 | #726 |
| 1926 | 91 | #660 |
| 1925 | 103 | #617 |
| 1924 | 113 | #600 |
| 1923 | 111 | #600 |
| 1922 | 112 | #612 |
| 1921 | 128 | #553 |
| 1920 | 151 | #490 |
| 1919 | 119 | #548 |
| 1918 | 107 | #589 |
| 1917 | 105 | #577 |
| 1916 | 104 | #562 |
| 1915 | 103 | #555 |
| 1914 | 72 | #591 |
| 1913 | 76 | #498 |
| 1912 | 66 | #484 |
| 1911 | 33 | #514 |
| 1910 | 38 | #447 |
| 1909 | 26 | #505 |
| 1908 | 36 | #389 |
| 1907 | 22 | #495 |
| 1906 | 28 | #411 |
| 1905 | 20 | #507 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 19 | #490 |
| 1901 | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 26 | #355 |
| 1898 | 28 | #364 |
| 1897 | 34 | #316 |
| 1896 | 40 | #290 |
| 1895 | 36 | #301 |
| 1894 | 22 | #399 |
| 1893 | 26 | #349 |
| 1892 | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | 21 | #377 |
| 1890 | 29 | #322 |
| 1889 | 33 | #294 |
| 1888 | 35 | #302 |
| 1887 | 25 | #330 |
| 1886 | 29 | #317 |
| 1885 | 23 | #364 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 28 | #324 |
| 1881 | 25 | #324 |
| 1880 | 29 | #314 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Walker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/walker, updated 20 October 2026.