How rare is the name Fisher?

4,938 people in the United States have the first name Fisher, about 1 in 61,165. It ranks #3,950 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FISHER

#3,950

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,938
About
1 in 61,165
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,938 people named Fisher, 87.5% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as two or more races and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fisher peaked in 2025, when 319 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
319
In 2025*
319
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,646 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fisher by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,738. The largest share of babies named Fisher, 56.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,8837
1900s#4,32210
1910s#5,08267
1920s#7,26854
1930s#7,45535
1940s#8,74825
1950s#13,00310
1970s#24,5405
1990s#6,302282
2000s#2,3421,652
2010s#1,7382,847
2020s#1,7861,652
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.7%
Generation Z 1997–1239%
2013 and later56.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fisher is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fisher has been most common in Utah (4.2×), Alabama (3.5×), and Arkansas (3.2×), and least common in New York (0.11×).

4,811 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fisher

#3,948 Wilhelmina · 4,940#3,949 Janay · 4,939#3,951 Kraig · 4,937#3,952 Karolyn · 4,936

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fisher, most common first.

#8,585 Fischer · 1,685

Also a last name

As a last name, Fisher ranks #115 of 156,621, with 206,799 people. See Fisher as a last name

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