Fisher — #895 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fisher

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,259 babies named Fisher between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fisher currently holds the #895 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 310 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fisher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,810 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fisher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 488 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Fisher in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fisher 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 6,259 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.