Catcher
Boy · KATCH-er · English
Catcher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who catches”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Catcher mean?
English: English word catcher
“one who catches”
From the English word for someone who catches, as in baseball's catcher or the novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Is Catcher a girl's or a boy's name?
Catcher is a boys' name.
How popular is Catcher in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Catcher in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Catcher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
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