Fletcher

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Fletcher is ranked 564th among boys in 2024 (523 births). Its best rank was 266th, in 1892.

Rank in 2024: #564up 67 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5230.03% of boys
Peak year: 2024523 births
Best rank: #266in 1892
Since 1880: 16,866people given the name

Babies named Fletcher, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

16,866 boys have been named Fletcher in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 523 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 114 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Fletcher
1880s	285
1890s	327
1900s	375
1910s	1,126
1920s	1,406
1930s	1,091
1940s	1,056
1950s	965
1960s	745
1970s	545
1980s	709
1990s	884
2000s	1,706
2010s	3,461
2020s	2,185

In 2024, its biggest year

Fletcher was the 564th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Fletcher

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.