Fischer — #2002 US boys' name
2,093 babies named Fischer in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Fischer was born in this single decade.
104 babies were named Fischer in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fischer
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,093 babies named Fischer between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fischer currently holds the #2002 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 104 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fischer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fischer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Fischer in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fischer 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 2,093 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.
Fischer at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fischer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2015)
- 104
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #2002 among boys.
2,093 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 104 births in a single year.
Fischer popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 2016 (Fischer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Fischer accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Fischer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 944 births that decade — 45% of Fischer's all-time total
Fischer decade highlights
- Peak decade 944 births
- Runner-up 615 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fischer's strongest decade
944 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Fischer by state
Where Fischer concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 131 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 113 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 76 | 3.6% |
| #4 | California | | 45 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 39 | 1.9% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 38 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Utah | | 24 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 18 | 0.9% |
131 of 2,093 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.6% of nationwide
- California 2.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Fischer appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.