Fisher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FISH-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #791 for boys
Fisher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fisherman”. In 2025 it ranked 791st for boys in the US (319 babies).
What does Fisher mean?
English: English occupational surname
“fisherman”
Saint John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, was executed in 1535 for opposing Henry VIII's break with Rome.
Is Fisher a girl's or a boy's name?
Fisher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 319 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fisher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #791among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 319about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 319 boys in the US were named Fisher, making it the 791st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 907th. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had the most boys named Fisher of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Fisher in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 383 boys in the US were given Fisher or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #666, up from #791 for this spelling alone.
- Fisher 319
- Fischer 64
Fisher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 319 | #791 |
| 2024 | 265 | #891 |
| 2023 | 268 | #874 |
| 2022 | 267 | #885 |
| 2021 | 265 | #871 |
| 2020 | 246 | #907 |
| 2019 | 300 | #777 |
| 2018 | 282 | #801 |
| 2017 | 307 | #763 |
| 2016 | 310 | #774 |
| 2015 | 294 | #790 |
| 2014 | 304 | #769 |
| 2013 | 247 | #862 |
| 2012 | 262 | #834 |
| 2011 | 249 | #855 |
| 2010 | 255 | #836 |
| 2009 | 256 | #841 |
| 2008 | 237 | #886 |
| 2007 | 212 | #934 |
| 2006 | 181 | #1,016 |
| 2005 | 172 | #998 |
| 2004 | 166 | #994 |
| 2003 | 122 | #1,204 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 69 | #1,577 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
Names like Fisher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder Baker Archer Walker Gunner Bridger Cooper Ryder Baylor Parker Karter Hudson
Other spellings of Fisher
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fisher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fisher, updated 20 October 2026.