Hatcher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HACH-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Hatcher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “dweller by the gate”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Hatcher mean?
English: English surname, from Old English haecc 'gate'
“dweller by the gate”
Is Hatcher a girl's or a boy's name?
Hatcher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hatcher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Hatcher, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer boys named Hatcher than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Hatcher in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hatcher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Hatcher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Hatcher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hatcher, updated 20 October 2026.