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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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 1923

girls
#3,971
7 births · 1 in 172,338 girls
boys
#518
138 births · 1 in 7,943 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #3,971Fletcher7

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #518Fletcher138
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fletcher
  1. #3,641Zara8
  2. #3,641Zoila8
  3. #3,641Zulema8
  4. #3,971Fletcher7
  5. #3,971Adam7
  6. #3,971Adelaine7
  7. #3,971Adgie7
  8. #4,376Aberdeen6
  9. #4,376Acie6
  10. #4,376Adalyn6

Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 7,943 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fletcher
  1. #515Emilio139
  2. #515Jewell139
  3. #515Waldo139
  4. #518Fletcher138
  5. #518Aldo138
  6. #518Dalton138
  7. #521Fernando136
  8. #521Palmer136
  9. #523Julio135

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

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923