Fletcher

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #545 for boys in 2025, 549 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1892 · 45 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,419
since 1880

Fletcher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fletcher has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #266, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#545549
2024#6,16719#564526
2023#9,61610#630440
2022#11,2318#674405
2021#7,25015#657414
2020#8,40612#653404
2019#9,73610#624434
2018#13,7936#606445
2017#15,9025#633410
2016#654403
2015#13,0067#665387
2014#708341
2013#782287
2012#793285
2011#889232
2010#883237
2009#932221
2008#995196
2007#17,6365#971202
2006#1,043174
2005#1,042160
2004#963174
2003#992160
2002#1,003155
2001#1,089131
2000#1,070133
1999#1,086123
1998#1,205102
1997#1,33384
1996#1,19894
1995#1,28683
1994#1,17894
1993#1,16891
1992#1,32872
1991#1,29775
1990#1,37066
1989#1,14586
1988#1,17374
1987#1,00988
1986#92597
1985#95691
1984#1,04273
1983#1,39945
1982#1,29352
1981#1,43344
1980#1,18759
1979#1,26053
1978#1,25851
1977#1,18755
1976#1,14456
1975#1,14654
1974#1,15151
1973#1,32939
1972#1,28542
1971#97969
1970#92175
1969#95964
1968#91063
1967#84372
1966#87868
1965#82679
1964#81585
1963#86975
1962#89672
1961#79392
1960#87675
1959#89374
1958#81585
1957#78093
1956#86874
1955#708107
1954#73596
1953#714100
1952#688103
1951#659113
1950#626120
1949#5,2445#613123
1948#582132
1947#69898
1946#623106
1945#63291
1944#4,0546#598105
1943#628102
1942#591111
1941#61396
1940#4,3495#62092
1939#565102
1938#571105
1937#560107
1936#4,1815#60193
1935#566104
1934#545117
1933#495128
1932#4,4115#549115
1931#584100
1930#3,6587#549120
1929#3,6827#522124
1928#4,1956#529130
1927#3,5618#526135
1926#3,2699#496147
1925#3,6648#506144
1924#495155
1923#3,9717#518138
1922#511145
1921#5,0995#476165
1920#551123
1919#503139
1918#3,8697#464162
1917#4,5945#454154
1916#468149
1915#2,68810#466139
1914#469106
1913#1,88311#47583
1912#41289
1911#39951
1910#33754
1909#40337
1908#36539
1907#32244
1906#40029
1905#34635
1904#34035
1903#33033
1902#31737
1901#31033
1900#28453
1899#30034
1898#33533
1897#30636
1896#33831
1895#28938
1894#34927
1893#30732
1892#26645
1891#31828
1890#36923
1889#30532
1888#29736
1887#35621
1886#27538
1885#35524
1884#33627
1883#31827
1882#38921
1881#27034
1880#34125
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fletcher was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.

See more about Fletcher
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#564#545)
  • 108 spots since 2020 (#653#545)
  • 120 spots since 2015 (#665#545)
  • Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1948 (#698#582)
  • Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1972 (#979#1,285)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #266 (45 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 115 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,712
  • Highest: 1 in 2,712 boys born in 1892 were named Fletcher (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,111 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Fletcher (3,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s285#270 (1881)#324
1890s327#266 (1892)#318
1900s375#284 (1900)#342
1910s1,126#337 (1910)#445
1920s1,406#476 (1921)#513
1930s1,091#495 (1933)#559
1940s1,056#582 (1948)#620
1950s965#626 (1950)#749
1960s745#793 (1961)#867
1970s545#921 (1970)#1,166
1980s709#925 (1986)#1,156
1990s884#1,086 (1999)#1,245
2000s1,706#932 (2009)#1,010
2010s3,461#606 (2018)#724
2020s2,738#545 (2025)#621

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fletcher in 1915

girls
#2,688
10 births · 1 in 98,385 girls
boys
#466
139 births · 1 in 6,105 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #2,688Fletcher10

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #466Fletcher139
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 98,385 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 45.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fletcher
  1. #2,526Yaeko11
  2. #2,526Yoshie11
  3. #2,526Zenia11
  4. #2,688Fletcher10
  5. #2,688Adra10
  6. #2,688Agda10
  7. #2,688Aiko10
  8. #2,900Adalee9
  9. #2,900Ader9
  10. #2,900Adine9

Tied with 211 names at #2,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 6,105 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fletcher
  1. #462Hershel141
  2. #462Noble141
  3. #462Rubin141
  4. #466Fletcher139
  5. #466Albin139
  6. #466Darwin139
  7. #466Sigmund139
  8. #470Israel137
  9. #470Valentine137
  10. #472Jimmy136

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915