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Fisher

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Fisher is ranked 897th among boys in 2024 (262 births). Its best rank was 764th, in 2017.

Rank in 2024
#897down 23 from 2023
Births in 2024
2620.02% of boys
Peak year
2016310 births
Best rank
#764in 2017
Since 1882
6,259people given the name
Babies named Fisher, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

6,259 boys have been named Fisher in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 310 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 770 → 897).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 45%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Fisher
1880s7
1900s10
1910s67
1920s54
1930s35
1940s25
1950s10
1970s5
1990s282
2000s1,646
2010s2,810
2020s1,308

In 2016, its biggest year

Fisher was the 774th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Fisher

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.