How rare is the name Fletcher?

9,032 people in the United States have the first name Fletcher, about 1 in 33,440. It ranks #2,630 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FLETCHER

#2,630

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,032
About
1 in 33,440
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,032 people named Fletcher, 76.7% reported their origin as White, 14.2% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fletcher peaked in 2025, when 561 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
561
In 2025*
561
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,644 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Fletcher by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #695. The largest share of babies named Fletcher, 31.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#695285
1890s#801327
1900s#908375
1910s#9851,159
1920s#1,1041,456
1930s#1,1671,108
1940s#1,3411,072
1950s#1,709965
1960s#2,098745
1970s#2,803545
1980s#2,717709
1990s#2,893884
2000s#2,2861,711
2010s#1,4843,489
2020s#1,2282,814
Before 19013.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.2%
Baby boom 1946–6410.4%
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–966.9%
Generation Z 1997–1215.7%
2013 and later31.4%

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 Fletcher is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fletcher has been most common in Alabama (4×), North Carolina (3.5×), and Georgia (2.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.17×).

11,414 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.

Exactly as common as Fletcher

1 other first name also has 9,032 people.

#2,630 Lindy · 9,032

Either side of Fletcher

#2,628 Errol · 9,033#2,628 Mariel · 9,033#2,630 Lindy · 9,032#2,632 Amal · 9,015

Also a last name

As a last name, Fletcher ranks #397 of 156,621, with 79,835 people. See Fletcher as a last name

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