Catcher — boys' name

What the Data Says About Catcher

The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Catcher between 2003 and 2016, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Catcher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catcher performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Catcher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Catcher in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catcher in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 151 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.