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The name Walker is an English occupational surname turned given name. It comes from the Middle English walkere, an agent noun built on the verb walken (“to full cloth by treading”).

US Rank 2024
No. 82
Births
4,023
Peak Year
2022

A walker, also called a fuller or tucker, was a textile worker who trampled woollen cloth in vats of water and fuller”s earth to thicken and cleanse it.

The Old English root wealcan (“to roll, to toss”) goes back to a Proto-Germanic *walkanan with parallels in German walken and Dutch walken.

What the name Walker means

The surname is recorded in English documents from the late twelfth century, with one Robert le Walkere appearing in the Pipe Rolls of 1248.

By the fourteenth century it had become one of the most common occupational surnames in Yorkshire and the Scottish borders.

Notable historical bearers include John Walker (1781-1859), the English chemist who invented the friction match in 1826, and Robert James Walker, US Treasury Secretary under President Polk.

The name”s American identity was secured by the long-running television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001), starring Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker. The show was rebooted as Walker on the CW in 2021.

In literature, the writer Walker Percy (1916-1990) gave the name a Southern intellectual gravity through novels such as The Moviegoer, winner of the 1962 National Book Award.

Photographer Walker Evans documented the Great Depression in collaboration with James Agee.

According to US Social Security Administration records, Walker appeared sporadically in the boys top 1000 in the late nineteenth century before lapsing.

It returned permanently in 1937 and rose steadily through the late twentieth century, propelled by the surname-as-given-name trend. It reached rank 197 in 2023, with strongest use in Texas, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia.

Contemporary bearers include actor Walker Hayes, the country singer of Fancy Like, and the son of US politician Mitt Romney.

US popularity over time

Numerology and symbolism

Based on Pythagorean numerology — a traditional system linking name letters to numbers. Presented for cultural interest.

W(5) + A(1) + L(3) + K(2) + E(5) + R(9) = 25 = 7
Destiny number
7
Wisdom
Sum of all letters, reduced to a single digit
Soul urge
6
Love
Sum of vowels only - reveals inner desires
Expression
1
Confidence
Sum of consonants - how others perceive you
Letters 6
Vowels / consonants 2 / 4
Birthstone Amethyst
Lucky color Violet

Famous people named Walker

Walker Scobell (b. 2009) Actor and performer (born 2009)
Walker Scobell (b. 2009) Actor and performer (born 2009)
Walker Scobell (b. 2009) Actor and performer (born 2009)
Walker Brooke (b. 1813) Politician and public official (1813-1869)
Walker Brooke (b. 1813) Politician and public official (1813-1869)
Walker Brooke (b. 1813) Politician and public official (1813-1869)
Walker Américo Frônio (b. 1982) Professional athlete (born 1982)
Walker Américo Frônio (b. 1982) Professional athlete (born 1982)
Walker Américo Frônio (b. 1982) Professional athlete (born 1982)

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Boy English 2 syllables cloth walker

Where it ranks highest

MS No. 11 ND No. 16 WV No. 16 TN No. 23 ID No. 24 IA No. 28 AL No. 30 AR No. 31 MT No. 32 KY No. 35 LA No. 35 OK No. 36 IN No. 37 MO No. 41 NC No. 42 WY No. 42 SC No. 43 GA No. 44 VT No. 48 NE No. 50 MN No. 51 KS No. 55 ME No. 58 OH No. 62 SD No. 62 WI No. 66 OR No. 69 NH No. 71 MI No. 74 WA No. 78 UT No. 80 CO No. 86 VA No. 90 FL No. 102 TX No. 104 AZ No. 114 PA No. 117 MD No. 121 AK No. 122 IL No. 127 CT No. 141 DE No. 153 CA No. 195 NV No. 208 MA No. 260 HI No. 264 NY No. 277 NM No. 278 NJ No. 371

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Peak Year
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