Fletcher
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning arrow-maker; occupational name.
Babies a year
104
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#547
up from #564
UK popularity
#395
104 babies · up from #422
How Fletcher has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #665 |
| 2016 | #654 |
| 2017 | #632 |
| 2018 | #606 |
| 2019 | #624 |
| 2020 | #653 |
| 2021 | #656 |
| 2022 | #677 |
| 2023 | #631 |
| 2024 | #564 |
| 2025 | #547 |
Fletcher by the numbers
In 2025, 104 babies in England and Wales were named Fletcher. In the US, 413 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1900, about 1 in 3,100 American boys born that year was called Fletcher.
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