as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin an occupational name for a fuller, Old English wealcere, a derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’ the fulling process involved treading cloth in vats of lye.
| 2,179th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,646
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 12,528
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Walker per capita
- 2005
- marked the height of its popularity
0.05%
99.95%
6%
55+
55+
2%
30-54
30-54
9%
13-29
13-29
83%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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