Volker

Boys' name

People, folk

Volker has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1960, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Volker, 1960

1 in 831,000

Volker over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Volker: meaning, origin, and history

People, folk

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Volker means

Volker means “people, folk”, associated with folc.

Origin, language, and formation

Volker is used in German.

Volker comes through Old High German folc and Proto-West Germanic *folk.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Fulcher.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Volker is pronounced /ˈfɔlkər/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Volker between 1960 and 1960. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1960; its best national rank was #4,571 in 1960.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Volker?

Volker had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1960, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1960: 1 in 831,000; 5 of 4,153,934 births
Among boys only: 1 in 426,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1960: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 575,859 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Volker sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1960 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 575,859 children born in 1960 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Volker. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Volkers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Volker was born before 1960 — so the typical Volker is around 65 today.

Median birth year: 1960; About 65 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Volker rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1960 (5)
Years since peak: 65; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,571; 1960

Spellings of Volker

Volker is not the most common spelling — Walker is, with 65.3% against Volker's <0.01%.

Walker65.3%47,914
Booker16.7%12,230
Colter14.6%10,705
Kolter2.6%1,938
Volney0.86%629
Volker<0.01%5

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Volker around the world

Where Volker ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1942–1950
#1,200
in 1950
South Australia
1954–1965
#574
in 1965

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Volker by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,571; 1960
Peak year: 1960; 5 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1960
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Volker

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hooker Rieker Reiker Deiker Wilker Volley Volvi Macker Recker Layker Rooker Volf Aiker Tinker Welker Tyker Ayker Hyker Eyker Ryeker Volodymyr Volvy Bayker Tasker

Sibling names for Volker

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jannette Joellen Gaye Teressa Maryjo Renita Jeanetta Antionette

For a brother

Lindsay Rod Curtiss Dino Bernie Barton Mitch Randell

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