Fischer
Boy · FISH-er · Germanic
Fischer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “fisherman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Fischer mean?
Germanic: German occupational surname
“fisherman”
Chess champion Bobby Fischer won the world title in 1972 in a famous Cold War match.
- Say it
- FISH-er
Is Fischer a girl's or a boy's name?
Fischer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fischer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Fischer, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 104 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Fischer than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Fischer in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 383 boys in the US were given Fischer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #666, up from #2,207 for this spelling alone.
- Fisher 319
- Fischer 64
Fischer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 78 | #1,985 |
| 2023 | 81 | #1,928 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 83 | #1,823 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,555 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,573 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 92 | #1,665 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
Names like Fischer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Fischer
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