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Walker

Rank in 2024
#82
Born in 2024
4,023
Peak year
2022 · #78
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 4,023 boys were named Walker, about 1 in every 426.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 4,248 babies, ranked #78.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 43,694 boys have been named Walker since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Walker per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 1.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,927 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 1,333 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,070 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 799 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,874 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,064 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,040 babies, 1.15 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers) A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it. A male given name transferred from the surname. A placename: A location in the United States: A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona. A census-designated place in Mono County, California. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois. A minor city in Linn County, Iowa. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas. A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. A city in Kent County, Michigan.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Walker, CC BY-SA 4.0.