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Thatcher

Gender
Boy
Say it
THACH-er
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,108 for boys

Thatcher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “roof thatcher”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,108th for boys in the US (194 babies).

What does Thatcher mean?

English: occupational surname

“roof thatcher”

An occupational surname for a roof thatcher; Becky Thatcher is Tom Sawyer's sweetheart in Mark Twain's novel.

Is Thatcher a girl's or a boy's name?

Thatcher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 194 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Thatcher in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Thatcher, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Thatcher of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2015Busiest: 5 in 20252025
Thatcher in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20240–
20233#5,193
20223#5,017
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20163#5,015
20154#4,086

How popular is Thatcher in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,108among boys
Babies in 2025
194about 1 in 8,800 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 194 boys in the US were named Thatcher, making it the 1,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 841st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 297 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Thatcher than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Thatcher in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1965Busiest: 297 in 20212025
Thatcher in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025194#1,108
2024214#1,038
2023220#1,000
2022235#963
2021297#815
2020271#841
2019288#797
2018274#818
2017260#848
2016274#829
2015242#897
2014254#868
2013200#991
2012181#1,052
2011166#1,108
2010161#1,149
2009123#1,381
2008112#1,467
2007140#1,255
2006162#1,085
200592#1,533
200458#2,047
200349#2,202
200252#2,064
200141#2,382
200024#3,417
199922#3,475
199829#2,779
199723#3,155
199617#3,824
199518#3,553
199421#3,209
199316#3,812
199219#3,331
199112#4,468
19908#5,816
19895#7,898
19889#4,781
19876#6,083
198610#4,126
19857#5,142
19845#6,311
19830–
198212#3,481
198115#2,896
198014#3,097
19797#4,840
197814#2,928
19779#3,834
19769#3,722
197512#3,076
19746#4,632
19736#4,503
19729#3,342
19717#3,961
19706#4,228
19697#3,594
19680–
19676#3,557
19660–
19655#3,928

Nicknames for Thatcher

Names like Thatcher

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Thatcher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thatcher, updated 20 October 2026.