NameTides

Walker

Walker was the #78 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,204 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #129 in Canada.

Walker as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Walker as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Walker as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#78 (4,204)#2,440 (9)—#129 (240)
2024#82 (4,033)#1,859 (13)#478 (6)#152 (217)
2023#85 (4,018)#3,113 (6)#533 (5)#126 (250)
2022#78 (4,250)#1,314 (20)#363 (9)#104 (304)
2021#130 (2,868)#2,125 (10)—#154 (238)
2020#206 (1,861)#2,228 (9)—#316 (101)
2019#230 (1,638)#2,488 (8)—#295 (113)
2018#266 (1,343)#3,011 (6)#516 (5)#333 (97)
2017#315 (1,100)#4,812 (3)—#358 (90)
2016#331 (1,048)#1,627 (15)#707 (3)#370 (85)
2015#340 (1,010)#2,020 (11)#470 (6)#285 (120)
2014#326 (1,046)#3,362 (5)#439 (7)#367 (86)
2013#369 (840)#3,822 (4)—#442 (65)
2012#410 (707)#3,987 (4)—#445 (62)
2011#417 (676)——#437 (64)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #78.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 410 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 410common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 660common

Next year

On its recent trend, Walker is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 360 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 270 to 1 in 470.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Walker by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #54MEWisconsin: #75WIVermont: #33VTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #103WAIdaho: #35IDMontana: #22MTNorth Dakota: #23NDMinnesota: #53MNIllinois: #122ILMichigan: #77MINew York: #258NYMassachusetts: #246MAOregon: #77ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: #54WYSouth Dakota: #69SDIowa: #35IAIndiana: #50INOhio: #48OHPennsylvania: #112PANew Jersey: #244NJConnecticut: #238CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #173CAUtah: #41UTColorado: #68CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #50MOKentucky: #19KYWest Virginia: #31WVVirginia: #58VAMaryland: #139MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #96AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #45KSArkansas: #26ARTennessee: #20TNNorth Carolina: #61NCSouth Carolina: #37SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #29OKLouisiana: #33LAMississippi: #16MSAlabama: #14ALGeorgia: #53GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #93TXFlorida: #118FL
Walker (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#17478

Walker (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WalkerCanadaGirls—too few
WalkerCanadaBoys#129240
WalkerEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
WalkerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WalkerScotlandBoys—too few
WalkerUSGirls#1,94299
WalkerUSBoys#784,204