Hatcher — #3572 US boys' name
595 babies named Hatcher in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Hatcher was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Hatcher in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hatcher
The Social Security Administration has registered 595 babies named Hatcher between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hatcher currently holds the #3572 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 52 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hatcher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hatcher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alaska, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Hatcher in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hatcher 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 595 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.
Hatcher at a glance
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Current rank
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Hatcher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2021)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #3572 among boys.
595 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 52 births in a single year.
Hatcher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 298 births that decade — 50% of Hatcher's all-time total
Hatcher decade highlights
- Peak decade 298 births
- Runner-up 189 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hatcher's strongest decade
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Hatcher by state
Where Hatcher concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alaska | | 31 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.0% |
31 of 595 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alaska 5.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alaska accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.