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Fletcher: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 549 in 2025. Its best rank was #266 in 1892.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #266 in 1892; #547 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Fletcher in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#547 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1892, at #266.
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Fletcher: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 549 boys in 2025. Peak: #266 in 1892 · most boys in one year: 549 (2025).
In 2025, 549 US boys were named Fletcher, making it the 547th most common boys’ name of the year, up 17 places from #564 in 2024. That is 23 more than the 526 boys named Fletcher in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #266, reached in 1892. The most boys given the name in a single year was 549, in 2025. For comparison, it was #665 in 2015 and #628 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fletcher in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 25 babies with the name. In all, 17,644 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,489 babies named Fletcher.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,430 US boys were named Fletcher; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 549. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,111 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fletcher ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #120 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 16 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7 | #120 | — |
| Arkansas | 22 | #170 | #450 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #202 | — |
| West Virginia | 9 | #208 | — |
| Missouri | 30 | #241 | #446 |
| Montana | 5 | #248 | #148 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #270 | #734 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | #300 | #322 |
| Indiana | 25 | #310 | #517 |
| Iowa | 11 | #338 | #283 |
| North Carolina | 34 | #342 | #426 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #345 | #512 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #394 | #466 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #400 | #378 |
| Alabama | 13 | #408 | — |
| Georgia | 26 | #431 | #745 |
| Virginia | 18 | #442 | #474 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #478 | — |
| Ohio | 22 | #479 | #700 |
| Colorado | 11 | #512 | #652 |
| Michigan | 16 | #523 | #609 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #534 | #971 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #540 | — |
| Utah | 7 | #581 | — |
| Illinois | 15 | #616 | #858 |
| Oregon | 5 | #644 | #346 |
| Florida | 22 | #713 | #810 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #725 | #480 |
| Arizona | 8 | #742 | — |
| Washington | 8 | #752 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #819 | #858 |
| Maryland | 5 | #846 | #661 |
| Texas | 30 | #860 | #1,047 |
| New York | 13 | #961 | #1,093 |
| California | 20 | #1,049 | #829 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,530 | 549 | #547 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,244 | 526 | #564 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,845 | 440 | #630 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,557 | 405 | #674 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,385 | 414 | #657 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,573 | 404 | #654 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,982 | 434 | #624 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,397 | 445 | #606 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,692 | 410 | #633 |
| 2016 | — | — | 403 | #654 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,472 | 387 | #665 |
| 2014 | — | — | 341 | #708 |
| 2013 | — | — | 287 | #783 |
| 2012 | — | — | 285 | #793 |
| 2011 | — | — | 232 | #889 |
| 2010 | — | — | 237 | #883 |
| 2009 | — | — | 221 | #932 |
| 2008 | — | — | 196 | #998 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,550 | 202 | #973 |
| 2006 | — | — | 174 | #1,045 |
| 2005 | — | — | 160 | #1,042 |
| 2004 | — | — | 174 | #964 |
| 2003 | — | — | 160 | #993 |
| 2002 | — | — | 155 | #1,004 |
| 2001 | — | — | 131 | #1,090 |
| 2000 | — | — | 133 | #1,072 |
| 1999 | — | — | 123 | #1,088 |
| 1998 | — | — | 102 | #1,208 |
| 1997 | — | — | 84 | #1,336 |
| 1996 | — | — | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1995 | — | — | 83 | #1,289 |
| 1994 | — | — | 94 | #1,183 |
| 1993 | — | — | 91 | #1,172 |
| 1992 | — | — | 72 | #1,331 |
| 1991 | — | — | 75 | #1,299 |
| 1990 | — | — | 66 | #1,372 |
| 1989 | — | — | 86 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | — | — | 74 | #1,173 |
| 1987 | — | — | 88 | #1,013 |
| 1986 | — | — | 97 | #928 |
| 1985 | — | — | 91 | #958 |
| 1984 | — | — | 73 | #1,045 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,406 |
| 1982 | — | — | 52 | #1,297 |
| 1981 | — | — | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1980 | — | — | 59 | #1,190 |
| 1979 | — | — | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1978 | — | — | 51 | #1,261 |
| 1977 | — | — | 55 | #1,190 |
| 1976 | — | — | 56 | #1,147 |
| 1975 | — | — | 54 | #1,152 |
| 1974 | — | — | 51 | #1,155 |
| 1973 | — | — | 39 | #1,333 |
| 1972 | — | — | 42 | #1,297 |
| 1971 | — | — | 69 | #980 |
| 1970 | — | — | 75 | #923 |
| 1969 | — | — | 64 | #961 |
| 1968 | — | — | 63 | #914 |
| 1967 | — | — | 72 | #845 |
| 1966 | — | — | 68 | #879 |
| 1965 | — | — | 79 | #828 |
| 1964 | — | — | 85 | #819 |
| 1963 | — | — | 75 | #872 |
| 1962 | — | — | 72 | #897 |
| 1961 | — | — | 92 | #794 |
| 1960 | — | — | 75 | #879 |
| 1959 | — | — | 74 | #893 |
| 1958 | — | — | 85 | #816 |
| 1957 | — | — | 93 | #781 |
| 1956 | — | — | 74 | #869 |
| 1955 | — | — | 107 | #709 |
| 1954 | — | — | 96 | #735 |
| 1953 | — | — | 100 | #715 |
| 1952 | — | — | 103 | #689 |
| 1951 | — | — | 113 | #660 |
| 1950 | — | — | 120 | #628 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,502 | 123 | #613 |
| 1948 | — | — | 132 | #582 |
| 1947 | — | — | 98 | #699 |
| 1946 | — | — | 106 | #624 |
| 1945 | — | — | 91 | #633 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,216 | 105 | #599 |
| 1943 | — | — | 102 | #629 |
| 1942 | — | — | 111 | #594 |
| 1941 | — | — | 96 | #616 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,573 | 92 | #620 |
| 1939 | — | — | 102 | #566 |
| 1938 | — | — | 105 | #572 |
| 1937 | — | — | 107 | #561 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,432 | 93 | #602 |
| 1935 | — | — | 104 | #569 |
| 1934 | — | — | 117 | #548 |
| 1933 | — | — | 128 | #496 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,650 | 115 | #549 |
| 1931 | — | — | 100 | #584 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,797 | 120 | #549 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,811 | 124 | #523 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,372 | 130 | #530 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,667 | 135 | #526 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,354 | 147 | #497 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,805 | 144 | #509 |
| 1924 | — | — | 155 | #496 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,113 | 138 | #520 |
| 1922 | — | — | 145 | #512 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,396 | 165 | #477 |
| 1920 | — | — | 123 | #554 |
| 1919 | — | — | 139 | #504 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,020 | 162 | #464 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,855 | 154 | #456 |
| 1916 | — | — | 149 | #468 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,776 | 139 | #468 |
| 1914 | — | — | 106 | #470 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,941 | 83 | #478 |
| 1912 | — | — | 89 | #413 |
| 1911 | — | — | 51 | #401 |
| 1910 | — | — | 54 | #341 |
| 1909 | — | — | 37 | #405 |
| 1908 | — | — | 39 | #367 |
| 1907 | — | — | 44 | #322 |
| 1906 | — | — | 29 | #402 |
| 1905 | — | — | 35 | #348 |
| 1904 | — | — | 35 | #340 |
| 1903 | — | — | 33 | #334 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #323 |
| 1901 | — | — | 33 | #311 |
| 1900 | — | — | 53 | #284 |
| 1899 | — | — | 34 | #301 |
| 1898 | — | — | 33 | #336 |
| 1897 | — | — | 36 | #308 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #343 |
| 1895 | — | — | 38 | #291 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #352 |
| 1893 | — | — | 32 | #309 |
| 1892 | — | — | 45 | #266 |
| 1891 | — | — | 28 | #320 |
| 1890 | — | — | 23 | #372 |
| 1889 | — | — | 32 | #307 |
| 1888 | — | — | 36 | #297 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #359 |
| 1886 | — | — | 38 | #275 |
| 1885 | — | — | 24 | #359 |
| 1884 | — | — | 27 | #337 |
| 1883 | — | — | 27 | #319 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #393 |
| 1881 | — | — | 34 | #271 |
| 1880 | — | — | 25 | #345 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).