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Thatcher: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 194 in 2025. Its best rank was #798 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #798 in 2019; #1,111 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Thatcher in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,111 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #798.
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Thatcher: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 194 boys in 2025. Peak: #798 in 2019 · most boys in one year: 297 (2021).
In 2025, 194 US boys were named Thatcher, making it the 1,111th most common boys’ name of the year, down 70 places from #1,041 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 214 boys named Thatcher in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #798, reached in 2019. The most boys given the name in a single year was 297, in 2021. For comparison, it was #901 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Thatcher in 58 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1965 with 5 babies. In all, 4,967 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,312 babies named Thatcher.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,527 US boys were named Thatcher; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 297. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,805 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Thatcher ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #547 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 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 8 | #547 | #695 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #548 | — |
| Tennessee | 14 | #548 | #550 |
| Utah | 8 | #556 | #475 |
| Missouri | 10 | #593 | #517 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #707 | #708 |
| Ohio | 11 | #795 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #825 | #966 |
| Indiana | 7 | #833 | — |
| North Carolina | 10 | #861 | #823 |
| Colorado | 5 | #945 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #982 | #781 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,123 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,143 | #834 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,417 | #848 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,742 | #1,192 |
| California | 6 | #2,440 | #2,022 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 194 | #1,111 |
| 2024 | — | — | 214 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | — | — | 220 | #1,002 |
| 2022 | — | — | 235 | #966 |
| 2021 | — | — | 297 | #815 |
| 2020 | — | — | 271 | #845 |
| 2019 | — | — | 288 | #798 |
| 2018 | — | — | 274 | #819 |
| 2017 | — | — | 260 | #851 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,379 | 274 | #831 |
| 2015 | — | — | 242 | #901 |
| 2014 | — | — | 254 | #869 |
| 2013 | — | — | 200 | #992 |
| 2012 | — | — | 181 | #1,056 |
| 2011 | — | — | 166 | #1,115 |
| 2010 | — | — | 161 | #1,156 |
| 2009 | — | — | 123 | #1,389 |
| 2008 | — | — | 112 | #1,476 |
| 2007 | — | — | 140 | #1,262 |
| 2006 | — | — | 162 | #1,088 |
| 2005 | — | — | 92 | #1,545 |
| 2004 | — | — | 58 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | — | — | 49 | #2,230 |
| 2002 | — | — | 52 | #2,088 |
| 2001 | — | — | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2000 | — | — | 24 | #3,525 |
| 1999 | — | — | 22 | #3,578 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,847 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,251 |
| 1996 | — | — | 17 | #4,001 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,680 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,315 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #4,002 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,449 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,733 |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #6,360 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #9,106 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #5,171 |
| 1987 | — | — | 6 | #6,867 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,429 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,716 |
| 1984 | — | — | 5 | #7,231 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,663 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #3,018 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,235 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,312 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #3,058 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #4,131 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,986 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,225 |
| 1974 | — | — | 6 | #5,179 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #5,030 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,589 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,339 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,683 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,910 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,929 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,376 |
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).