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How popular is “Walker” in the USA?

Number of people named “Walker” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Walker” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Walker” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Walker” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Walker” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Walker” by birth year

This chart shows how “Walker” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 29 0.000143932 29 -100%
1881 25 0.000129743 25 -100%
1882 28 0.000126392 28 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 29 0.000113585 29 -100%
1887 25 0.000101054 25 -100%
1888 35 0.000116872 35 -100%
1889 33 0.000114208 33 -100%
1890 29 0.000096217 29 -100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 -100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 -100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 36 0.000102558 36 -100%
1896 40 0.000111893 40 -100%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 -100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 27 0.000059966 27 -100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 -100%
1902 19 0.00004913 19 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 -100%
1906 28 0.000065352 28 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 26 0.000050858 26 -100%
1910 38 0.000064329 38 -100%
1911 33 0.00005122 33 -100%
1912 66 0.000066797 66 -100%
1913 76 0.000066836 76 -100%
1914 77 0.000054365 5 72 -87%
1915 108 0.000058938 5 103 -91%
1916 104 0.000053763 104 -100%
1917 105 0.000052323 105 -100%
1918 107 0.000049284 107 -100%
1919 119 0.000056392 119 -100%
1920 159 0.000070272 8 151 -90%
1921 128 0.00005483 128 -100%
1922 112 0.000048926 112 -100%
1923 111 0.000048209 111 -100%
1924 113 0.000047447 113 -100%
1925 108 0.000046286 5 103 -91%
1926 91 0.000039636 91 -100%
1927 85 0.000036648 5 80 -88%
1928 92 0.000040691 92 -100%
1929 99 0.000045161 99 -100%
1930 91 0.00004093 91 -100%
1931 78 0.000037065 78 -100%
1932 69 0.000032681 69 -100%
1933 66 0.000033009 66 -100%
1934 71 0.000034187 71 -100%
1935 75 0.000035887 75 -100%
1936 60 0.00002888 60 -100%
1937 83 0.000038955 83 -100%
1938 60 0.000027118 60 -100%
1939 57 0.000025869 57 -100%
1940 73 0.000031702 73 -100%
1941 65 0.000026678 65 -100%
1942 72 0.000026356 72 -100%
1943 71 0.000025154 71 -100%
1944 80 0.000029739 80 -100%
1945 71 0.000026763 71 -100%
1946 77 0.000024098 77 -100%
1947 75 0.00002082 75 -100%
1948 59 0.000017089 59 -100%
1949 77 0.000022096 77 -100%
1950 54 0.000015414 54 -100%
1951 72 0.000019545 72 -100%
1952 66 0.000017378 66 -100%
1953 56 0.000014532 56 -100%
1954 66 0.00001658 66 -100%
1955 61 0.000015193 61 -100%
1956 53 0.000012855 53 -100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 -100%
1958 54 0.000013063 54 -100%
1959 55 0.000013228 55 -100%
1960 33 0.000007945 33 -100%
1961 49 0.000011829 49 -100%
1962 47 0.000011647 47 -100%
1963 39 0.000009853 39 -100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 -100%
1965 41 0.000011309 41 -100%
1966 42 0.000012084 42 -100%
1967 33 0.00000972 33 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 47 0.000013693 47 -100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 -100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 -100%
1974 66 0.000021711 66 -100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 -100%
1976 60 0.000019774 60 -100%
1977 71 0.000022352 71 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 53 0.00001593 53 -100%
1980 65 0.000018871 5 60 -85%
1981 62 0.000017922 62 -100%
1982 70 0.000019955 70 -100%
1983 79 0.00002281 79 -100%
1984 85 0.000024364 85 -100%
1985 87 0.000024376 87 -100%
1986 81 0.000022771 81 -100%
1987 84 0.000023297 84 -100%
1988 99 0.000026793 99 -100%
1989 128 0.000033295 128 -100%
1990 148 0.000037445 148 -100%
1991 181 0.000046467 5 176 -94%
1992 197 0.000051285 197 -100%
1993 260 0.00006896 5 255 -96%
1994 380 0.000102215 11 369 -94%
1995 460 0.000125609 10 450 -96%
1996 514 0.00014093 10 504 -96%
1997 549 0.000151417 13 536 -95%
1998 551 0.000149801 9 542 -97%
1999 543 0.000147 8 535 -97%
2000 583 0.000154237 5 578 -98%
2001 637 0.000170167 8 629 -97%
2002 628 0.000167991 6 622 -98%
2003 638 0.000167792 13 625 -96%
2004 740 0.00019367 18 722 -95%
2005 812 0.000211192 9 803 -98%
2006 708 0.00017896 12 696 -97%
2007 609 0.000152338 8 601 -97%
2008 560 0.00014247 6 554 -98%
2009 595 0.000155752 6 589 -98%
2010 656 0.000177502 7 649 -98%
2011 686 0.000187545 10 676 -97%
2012 715 0.000195496 8 707 -98%
2013 857 0.000235074 17 840 -96%
2014 1065 0.000287343 19 1046 -96%
2015 1028 0.000277769 18 1010 -96%
2016 1062 0.000289476 14 1048 -97%
2017 1119 0.000312902 19 1100 -97%
2018 1370 0.000389659 27 1343 -96%
2019 1678 0.000483443 40 1638 -95%
2020 1908 0.000571159 47 1861 -95%
2021 2990 0.00088254 123 2867 -92%
2022 4406 0.001302342 158 4248 -93%
2023 4137 0.001249398 121 4016 -94%
2024 4138 0.001243202 115 4023 -94%

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