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Walker: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,204 in 2025. Its best rank was #78 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 98% of babies named Walker in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#78 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Walker: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,204 boys in 2025. Peak: #78 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 4,250 (2022).
In 2025, 4,204 US boys were named Walker, making it the 78th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #82 in 2024. That is 171 more than the 4,033 boys named Walker in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #78, reached in this year, 2025. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,250, in 2022. For comparison, it was #341 in 2015 and #947 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Walker in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 29 babies with the name. In all, 48,951 US babies have been given the name, 2.1% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 21,897 babies named Walker.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,363 US boys were named Walker; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 4,250. In 2025 that was about 1 in 406 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Walker ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #14 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 33 states (counting DC).
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 150 | #14 | #161 |
| Mississippi | 68 | #16 | #161 |
| Kentucky | 136 | #19 | #206 |
| Tennessee | 213 | #20 | #233 |
| Montana | 30 | #23 | #201 |
| North Dakota | 26 | #24 | — |
| Arkansas | 71 | #26 | #205 |
| Oklahoma | 92 | #29 | #242 |
| West Virginia | 39 | #32 | #227 |
| Louisiana | 87 | #33 | #292 |
| Iowa | 69 | #35 | #291 |
| Idaho | 48 | #36 | #381 |
| Vermont | 11 | #36 | — |
| South Carolina | 99 | #37 | #158 |
| Utah | 89 | #43 | #379 |
| Kansas | 66 | #45 | #357 |
| Ohio | 215 | #48 | #389 |
| Missouri | 110 | #50 | #303 |
| Indiana | 128 | #51 | #300 |
| Georgia | 180 | #53 | #211 |
| Minnesota | 95 | #53 | #536 |
| Virginia | 138 | #58 | #258 |
| Maine | 19 | #60 | — |
| North Carolina | 180 | #62 | #209 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #63 | — |
| Colorado | 88 | #68 | #320 |
| South Dakota | 16 | #76 | — |
| Oregon | 47 | #78 | #237 |
| Michigan | 116 | #78 | #593 |
| Wisconsin | 73 | #79 | #504 |
| Nebraska | 31 | #81 | #348 |
| Texas | 423 | #94 | #385 |
| Arizona | 86 | #97 | #485 |
| Washington | 75 | #103 | #380 |
| Pennsylvania | 112 | #112 | #337 |
| Florida | 180 | #118 | #396 |
| Nevada | 26 | #122 | #575 |
| Illinois | 96 | #122 | #467 |
| Delaware | 9 | #125 | — |
| Alaska | 7 | #140 | — |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #143 | — |
| Maryland | 42 | #144 | #704 |
| California | 228 | #174 | #413 |
| New Mexico | 10 | #212 | — |
| New Jersey | 39 | #247 | #771 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #248 | — |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #257 | #557 |
| New York | 75 | #259 | #624 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #1,961 | 4,204 | #78 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,769 | 4,033 | #82 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,708 | 4,018 | #85 |
| 2022 | 158 | #1,430 | 4,250 | #78 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,696 | 2,868 | #130 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,335 | 1,861 | #206 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,783 | 1,638 | #230 |
| 2018 | 27 | #5,003 | 1,343 | #266 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,519 | 1,100 | #315 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,367 | 1,048 | #332 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,965 | 1,010 | #341 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,697 | 1,046 | #326 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,355 | 840 | #370 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,405 | 707 | #412 |
| 2011 | 10 | #11,154 | 676 | #417 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,868 | 649 | #426 |
| 2009 | 6 | #17,188 | 589 | #464 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,390 | 554 | #494 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,859 | 601 | #460 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,884 | 696 | #413 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,788 | 803 | #369 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,758 | 722 | #380 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,479 | 625 | #414 |
| 2002 | 6 | #15,334 | 622 | #406 |
| 2001 | 8 | #12,013 | 629 | #399 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,542 | 578 | #427 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,352 | 535 | #434 |
| 1998 | 9 | #10,091 | 542 | #428 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,269 | 536 | #426 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,799 | 504 | #448 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,745 | 450 | #481 |
| 1994 | 11 | #8,108 | 369 | #533 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,722 | 255 | #646 |
| 1992 | — | — | 197 | #738 |
| 1991 | 5 | #15,398 | 176 | #777 |
| 1990 | — | — | 148 | #844 |
| 1989 | — | — | 128 | #897 |
| 1988 | — | — | 99 | #979 |
| 1987 | — | — | 83 | #1,053 |
| 1986 | — | — | 81 | #1,040 |
| 1985 | — | — | 87 | #983 |
| 1984 | — | — | 86 | #959 |
| 1983 | — | — | 80 | #994 |
| 1982 | — | — | 70 | #1,094 |
| 1981 | — | — | 62 | #1,176 |
| 1980 | 5 | #12,112 | 60 | #1,186 |
| 1979 | — | — | 53 | #1,269 |
| 1978 | — | — | 47 | #1,350 |
| 1977 | — | — | 71 | #1,026 |
| 1976 | — | — | 60 | #1,099 |
| 1975 | — | — | 61 | #1,083 |
| 1974 | — | — | 66 | #1,018 |
| 1973 | — | — | 50 | #1,174 |
| 1972 | — | — | 52 | #1,136 |
| 1971 | — | — | 47 | #1,213 |
| 1970 | — | — | 40 | #1,335 |
| 1969 | — | — | 43 | #1,220 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,364 |
| 1967 | — | — | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | — | — | 42 | #1,161 |
| 1965 | — | — | 41 | #1,205 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,369 |
| 1963 | — | — | 39 | #1,253 |
| 1962 | — | — | 47 | #1,135 |
| 1961 | — | — | 49 | #1,134 |
| 1960 | — | — | 33 | #1,398 |
| 1959 | — | — | 55 | #1,049 |
| 1958 | — | — | 54 | #1,048 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,197 |
| 1956 | — | — | 53 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | — | — | 61 | #969 |
| 1954 | — | — | 66 | #916 |
| 1953 | — | — | 56 | #964 |
| 1952 | — | — | 66 | #869 |
| 1951 | — | — | 72 | #832 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #947 |
| 1949 | — | — | 77 | #790 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #900 |
| 1947 | — | — | 75 | #800 |
| 1946 | — | — | 77 | #758 |
| 1945 | — | — | 71 | #734 |
| 1944 | — | — | 80 | #697 |
| 1943 | — | — | 71 | #780 |
| 1942 | — | — | 72 | #758 |
| 1941 | — | — | 65 | #777 |
| 1940 | — | — | 73 | #716 |
| 1939 | — | — | 57 | #810 |
| 1938 | — | — | 60 | #807 |
| 1937 | — | — | 83 | #655 |
| 1936 | — | — | 60 | #796 |
| 1935 | — | — | 75 | #701 |
| 1934 | — | — | 71 | #729 |
| 1933 | — | — | 66 | #756 |
| 1932 | — | — | 69 | #762 |
| 1931 | — | — | 78 | #683 |
| 1930 | — | — | 91 | #644 |
| 1929 | — | — | 99 | #609 |
| 1928 | — | — | 92 | #658 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,585 | 80 | #732 |
| 1926 | — | — | 91 | #662 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,743 | 103 | #620 |
| 1924 | — | — | 113 | #602 |
| 1923 | — | — | 111 | #605 |
| 1922 | — | — | 112 | #613 |
| 1921 | — | — | 128 | #558 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,948 | 151 | #491 |
| 1919 | — | — | 119 | #550 |
| 1918 | — | — | 107 | #591 |
| 1917 | — | — | 105 | #580 |
| 1916 | — | — | 104 | #563 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,938 | 103 | #557 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,182 | 72 | #597 |
| 1913 | — | — | 76 | #501 |
| 1912 | — | — | 66 | #490 |
| 1911 | — | — | 33 | #524 |
| 1910 | — | — | 38 | #453 |
| 1909 | — | — | 26 | #518 |
| 1908 | — | — | 36 | #397 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #509 |
| 1906 | — | — | 28 | #423 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #523 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #564 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #449 |
| 1902 | — | — | 19 | #505 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #381 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #444 |
| 1899 | — | — | 26 | #361 |
| 1898 | — | — | 28 | #374 |
| 1897 | — | — | 34 | #320 |
| 1896 | — | — | 40 | #294 |
| 1895 | — | — | 36 | #304 |
| 1894 | — | — | 22 | #411 |
| 1893 | — | — | 26 | #358 |
| 1892 | — | — | 32 | #334 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #385 |
| 1890 | — | — | 29 | #327 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #304 |
| 1888 | — | — | 35 | #307 |
| 1887 | — | — | 25 | #332 |
| 1886 | — | — | 29 | #320 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #377 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #430 |
| 1883 | — | — | 20 | #397 |
| 1882 | — | — | 28 | #331 |
| 1881 | — | — | 25 | #330 |
| 1880 | — | — | 29 | #318 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).