Boys' name · since 1888
Letcher
Letcher has 345 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 345
- born since 1888
- 1920s
- peak decade
Letcher sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 345 recorded since 1888.
Letcher has 345 recorded births among boys since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 1974.
- #9,825 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 345 born since 1888
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letcher ranks #9,825 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 345 born since 1888, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 345
- born since 1888
- 1920s
- peak decade
Letcher's 345 recorded births place it above 78.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Virginia.
Letcher's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Letcher's full recorded timeline at 1932, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1888, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Letcher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–1974
- Peak year (1927)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Letcher by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (106 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Letcher's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Letcher births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
69 births
- 1920s
1920s
106 births
- 1930s
1930s
72 births
- 1940s 41
1940s
41 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 106 births (31% of all-time use).
Letcher by state
Where Letcher concentrates geographically, total births since 1888
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- Letcher's decade-level peak was the 1920s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Letchers (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Letcher: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~86 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1888–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Letcher draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.