Walker: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “cloth walker”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- WAW-ker · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (98% of all uses)
From an English occupational surname for a fuller, one who trod or 'walked' cloth to cleanse and thicken it.
How popular is Walker?
Babies named Walker in 20244,138
2024 rank#82 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 188044,632
Walker is rising: use over the last five years is 4.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Walker
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Walker questions
What does the name Walker mean?
Walker means "cloth walker". It comes from English. From an English occupational surname for a fuller, one who trod or 'walked' cloth to cleanse and thicken it.
Is Walker a boy or girl name?
Walker is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Walker?
4,138 US babies were named Walker in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Walker?
Walker is usually pronounced WAW-ker.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.