Fletcher
Boy · FLECH-er · English
Fletcher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “arrow maker”. In 2025 it ranked 399th for boys in the UK (117 babies) and 545th for boys in the US (549 babies).
What does Fletcher mean?
English: English occupational surname
“arrow maker”
From an English occupational surname for someone who made arrows, from Old French fleche, arrow.
- Say it
- FLECH-er
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Is Fletcher a girl's or a boy's name?
Fletcher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 549 boys in the US.
How popular is Fletcher in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #399among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the UK were named Fletcher, making it the 399th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 316th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 268 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fletcher in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 395th in England and Wales and 278th in Scotland.
Fletcher in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #399 |
| 2024 | 111 | #409 |
| 2023 | 118 | #392 |
| 2022 | 127 | #373 |
| 2021 | 145 | #352 |
| 2020 | 161 | #316 |
| 2019 | 180 | #303 |
| 2018 | 224 | #256 |
| 2017 | 246 | #247 |
| 2016 | 261 | #235 |
| 2015 | 265 | #239 |
| 2014 | 268 | #234 |
| 2013 | 209 | #268 |
| 2012 | 247 | #231 |
| 2011 | 237 | #233 |
| 2010 | 199 | #264 |
| 2009 | 187 | #266 |
| 2008 | 134 | #330 |
| 2007 | 158 | #280 |
| 2006 | 160 | #262 |
| 2005 | 94 | #369 |
| 2004 | 76 | #408 |
| 2003 | 81 | #367 |
| 2002 | 59 | #430 |
| 2001 | 45 | #511 |
| 2000 | 32 | #636 |
| 1999 | 44 | #517 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Fletcher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #545among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 549about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 549 boys in the US were named Fletcher, making it the 545th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 653rd. 12 girls were also named Fletcher in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Fletcher of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Fletcher in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fletcher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | #545 |
| 2024 | 526 | #564 |
| 2023 | 440 | #630 |
| 2022 | 405 | #674 |
| 2021 | 414 | #657 |
| 2020 | 404 | #653 |
| 2019 | 434 | #624 |
| 2018 | 445 | #606 |
| 2017 | 410 | #633 |
| 2016 | 403 | #654 |
| 2015 | 387 | #665 |
| 2014 | 341 | #708 |
| 2013 | 287 | #782 |
| 2012 | 285 | #793 |
| 2011 | 232 | #889 |
| 2010 | 237 | #883 |
| 2009 | 221 | #932 |
| 2008 | 196 | #995 |
| 2007 | 202 | #971 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,043 |
| 2005 | 160 | #1,041 |
| 2004 | 174 | #962 |
| 2003 | 160 | #991 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,002 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,087 |
| 2000 | 133 | #1,068 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,084 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,330 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,196 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,164 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,323 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,365 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,141 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,170 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,008 |
| 1986 | 97 | #924 |
| 1985 | 91 | #956 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,041 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,260 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,187 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 69 | #979 |
| 1970 | 75 | #921 |
| 1969 | 64 | #959 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 72 | #843 |
| 1966 | 68 | #878 |
| 1965 | 79 | #826 |
| 1964 | 85 | #815 |
| 1963 | 75 | #869 |
| 1962 | 72 | #895 |
| 1961 | 92 | #792 |
| 1960 | 75 | #875 |
| 1959 | 74 | #892 |
| 1958 | 85 | #814 |
| 1957 | 93 | #779 |
| 1956 | 74 | #867 |
| 1955 | 107 | #707 |
| 1954 | 96 | #734 |
| 1953 | 100 | #713 |
| 1952 | 103 | #687 |
| 1951 | 113 | #658 |
| 1950 | 120 | #625 |
| 1949 | 123 | #612 |
| 1948 | 132 | #581 |
| 1947 | 98 | #697 |
| 1946 | 106 | #623 |
| 1945 | 91 | #632 |
| 1944 | 105 | #598 |
| 1943 | 102 | #628 |
| 1942 | 111 | #591 |
| 1941 | 96 | #613 |
| 1940 | 92 | #620 |
| 1939 | 102 | #565 |
| 1938 | 105 | #571 |
| 1937 | 107 | #560 |
| 1936 | 93 | #601 |
| 1935 | 104 | #566 |
| 1934 | 117 | #545 |
| 1933 | 128 | #495 |
| 1932 | 115 | #549 |
| 1931 | 100 | #584 |
| 1930 | 120 | #549 |
| 1929 | 124 | #522 |
| 1928 | 130 | #529 |
| 1927 | 135 | #526 |
| 1926 | 147 | #496 |
| 1925 | 144 | #506 |
| 1924 | 155 | #495 |
| 1923 | 138 | #518 |
| 1922 | 145 | #511 |
| 1921 | 165 | #476 |
| 1920 | 123 | #551 |
| 1919 | 139 | #503 |
| 1918 | 162 | #464 |
| 1917 | 154 | #454 |
| 1916 | 149 | #468 |
| 1915 | 139 | #466 |
| 1914 | 106 | #469 |
| 1913 | 83 | #475 |
| 1912 | 89 | #412 |
| 1911 | 51 | #399 |
| 1910 | 54 | #337 |
| 1909 | 37 | #403 |
| 1908 | 39 | #365 |
| 1907 | 44 | #322 |
| 1906 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 35 | #346 |
| 1904 | 35 | #340 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 37 | #317 |
| 1901 | 33 | #310 |
| 1900 | 53 | #284 |
| 1899 | 34 | #300 |
| 1898 | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | 36 | #306 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 38 | #289 |
| 1894 | 27 | #349 |
| 1893 | 32 | #307 |
| 1892 | 45 | #266 |
| 1891 | 28 | #318 |
| 1890 | 23 | #369 |
| 1889 | 32 | #305 |
| 1888 | 36 | #297 |
| 1887 | 21 | #356 |
| 1886 | 38 | #275 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 27 | #336 |
| 1883 | 27 | #318 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 34 | #270 |
| 1880 | 25 | #341 |
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