Walker
About Walker
Walker is an outdoorsy, Old Western-style name that leapt into the US Top 100 for boys back in 2022. Now, like a number of occupational names before it (think Sawyer, Palmer, and Parker), Walker is being used for an increasing number of girls.
Rarely used as a feminine name before 2018, Walker is now used seven times more than it was a decade ago, with 120 girls receiving the name in 2023. Preppy, cool, and tough, Walker has a stylish-cowboy feel to it and could also work as a nod to the writer of The Color Purple, Alice Walker.
American television host Courtney Hansen used the name Walker as one of her daughter's middle names in 2014 — as a tribute to her mother's maiden name.
Pronounced WAW-ker.
As of October 2026, Walker ranked #1961 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1429 in 2022.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,780 | 40 | 23.8 |
| 2020 | #3,333 | 47 | 29.1 |
| 2021 | #1,694 | 123 | 75 |
| 2022 | #1,429 | 158 | 96.3 |
| 2023 | #1,707 | 121 | 75.4 |
| 2024 | #1,758 | 115 | 71 |
| 2025 | #1,961 | 99 | 61.6 |
World rankings
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Walker on lists
Famous Walkers
- Holland Marysia Walker Hartington
daughter of Courtney Hansen & Jay Hartington
- Alice Walker
American author
Walker in pop culture
- Lila "Fantasia" Walker
from the movie "One False Move"
- Siddalee "Sidda" Walker
from movie "Divine Secrets of the Ya,Ya Sisterhood"