Fletcher
Fletcher was given to 549 boys in 2025, #547 among boys’ names; 17,644 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,800 Americans named Fletcher and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 7 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fletcher by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fletcher mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fletcher is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “arrow-maker” (fletcher).
English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
/ˈflɛt͡ʃɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fletcher?
#547 among boys’ names, 2025
Fletcher rose from #665 in 2015 to #547 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.20 to 0.32 per 1,000.
561 babies in 2025, the peak
Fletcher peaked in 2025, when 561 babies were given it (549 boys, #547 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 526 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | #547 | 0.32 |
| 2024 | 526 | #564 | 0.31 |
| 2023 | 440 | #630 | 0.26 |
| 2022 | 405 | #674 | 0.23 |
| 2021 | 414 | #657 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 404 | #654 | 0.23 |
| 2019 | 434 | #624 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | 445 | #606 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | 410 | #633 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 403 | #654 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 387 | #665 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 341 | #708 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 287 | #783 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 285 | #793 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 232 | #889 | 0.12 |
| 2010 | 237 | #883 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 221 | #932 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 196 | #998 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 202 | #973 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,045 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 160 | #1,041 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 174 | #963 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 160 | #992 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,003 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,088 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 133 | #1,070 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,086 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,205 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,333 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,199 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,284 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,168 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,326 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,293 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,142 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 97 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 91 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,439 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,152 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,297 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 69 | #980 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 75 | #923 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 64 | #961 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 63 | #914 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 72 | #845 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 68 | #879 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 79 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 85 | #819 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 75 | #872 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 72 | #896 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 92 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 75 | #878 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 74 | #892 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 85 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 93 | #780 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 74 | #868 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 107 | #708 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 96 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 100 | #714 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 103 | #688 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 113 | #659 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 120 | #627 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 123 | #612 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 132 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 98 | #698 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 106 | #624 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 91 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 105 | #599 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 102 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 111 | #594 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 96 | #616 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 92 | #620 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 102 | #566 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 105 | #572 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 107 | #561 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 93 | #602 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 104 | #569 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 117 | #548 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 128 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 115 | #549 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 100 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 120 | #549 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 124 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 130 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 135 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 147 | #497 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 144 | #509 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 155 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 138 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 145 | #512 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 165 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 123 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 139 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 162 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 154 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 149 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 139 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 106 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 83 | #478 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 89 | #413 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 51 | #401 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 54 | #341 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 37 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1908 | 39 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 44 | #322 | 0.30 |
| 1906 | 29 | #402 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 35 | #348 | 0.26 |
| 1904 | 35 | #340 | 0.27 |
| 1903 | 33 | #334 | 0.28 |
| 1902 | 37 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1901 | 33 | #311 | 0.31 |
| 1900 | 53 | #284 | 0.35 |
| 1899 | 34 | #301 | 0.32 |
| 1898 | 33 | #336 | 0.27 |
| 1897 | 36 | #308 | 0.32 |
| 1896 | 31 | #343 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 38 | #291 | 0.32 |
| 1894 | 27 | #352 | 0.23 |
| 1893 | 32 | #309 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 45 | #266 | 0.37 |
| 1891 | 28 | #320 | 0.28 |
| 1890 | 23 | #372 | 0.21 |
| 1889 | 32 | #307 | 0.29 |
| 1888 | 36 | #297 | 0.30 |
| 1887 | 21 | #359 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 38 | #275 | 0.34 |
| 1885 | 24 | #359 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 27 | #337 | 0.24 |
| 1883 | 27 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1882 | 21 | #393 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 34 | #271 | 0.34 |
| 1880 | 25 | #345 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fletcher a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 17,644 Americans recorded as Fletcher, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 12 girls and 549 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Fletcher: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fletcher, and how old are they?
11,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 17,644 Americans ever recorded as Fletcher. The median Fletcher alive today is 15 years old; half are between 7 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 9,032 people named Fletcher (163 women and girls, 8,869 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,673 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 365 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 834 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,170 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,730 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,510 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Fletcher born?
The states with the most babies named Fletcher are North Carolina, Texas and Missouri, with 18% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Missouri is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 34 | #342 | 2.2× |
| Texas | 30 | #860 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 30 | #241 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 26 | #431 | 1.8× |
| Indiana | 25 | #310 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 22 | #713 | 0.9× |
| Arkansas | 22 | #170 | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 22 | #479 | 0.4× |
| California | 20 | #1,049 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 20 | #400 | 1.3× |
Where Fletcher is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Fletcher is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Fletcher with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fletcher
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fletcher and names like it
- Compare Fletcher and HamptonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sFletcher peaked in 2025.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fletcher since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Fletcher: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Fletcher.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Fletcher alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with FMost given first.