Fisher
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Fisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 67 | |
| 1920s | 54 | |
| 1930s | 35 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 282 | |
| 2000s | 1,646 | |
| 2010s | 2,810 | |
| 2020s | 1,308 |
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.
- Ayubpeak 2018
- Jetpeak 2019
- Amauripeak 2009
- Cannonpeak 2021
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Piersonpeak 2020
- Yuvrajpeak 2016
- Ahmaripeak 2022
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.