Fletcher — #564 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fletcher

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,866 babies named Fletcher between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fletcher currently holds the #564 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 523 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fletcher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Fletcher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 1,117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Fletcher in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fletcher 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 16,866 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.