Names like Walker

In 2025, 4,204 boys born in the US were named Walker, #78 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1988.

It was also #78 in 2022.

The most births in one year were 4,250, in 2022.

Births rose 316% from 1,010 in 2015.

For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1983 or later (Walker's began in 1988).

Walker's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #316
2. 1890
   #322
3. 1900
   #437
4. 1910
   #446
5. 1920
   #485
6. 1930
   #627
7. 1940
   #694
8. 1950
   #913
9. 1960
   —
10. 1970
    —
11. 1980
    —
12. 1990
    #832
13. 2000
    #427
14. 2010
    #426
15. 2020
    #206
16. 2025
    #78

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Walker's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.