Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fisher

#1,468 most common boys' name of all time · #3,540 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,468
Rank overall
#3,540 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
6,646
Since 2016
2,877
Peak year
2025 #792
Best rank
#764 2017
📖The word “fisher” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 319/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Fisher first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 319 319 #792
2024 5 265 270 #891
2023 5 268 273 #874
2022 5 267 272 #886
2021 — 265 265 #873
2020 7 246 253 #908
2019 8 300 308 #778
2018 6 282 288 #801
2017 7 307 314 #764
2016 5 310 315 #774
2015 — 294 294 #791
2014 — 304 304 #769
2013 5 247 252 #863
2012 6 262 268 #834
2011 — 249 249 #856
2010 — 255 255 #837
2009 — 256 256 #841
2008 — 237 237 #887
2007 6 212 218 #935
2006 — 181 181 #1,019
2005 — 172 172 #999
2004 — 166 166 #995
2003 — 122 122 #1,205
2002 — 108 108 #1,261
2001 — 107 107 #1,244
2000 — 85 85 #1,449
1999 — 69 69 #1,586
1998 — 55 55 #1,813
1997 — 47 47 #1,940
1996 — 44 44 #1,992
1995 — 19 19 #3,442
1994 — 27 27 #2,695
1993 — 15 15 #4,034
1992 — 6 6 #7,468
1972 — 5 5 #5,045
1957 — 5 5 #4,045
1953 — 5 5 #3,860
1949 — 5 5 #3,736
1948 — 5 5 #3,722
1946 — 5 5 #3,577
1943 — 5 5 #3,589
1940 — 5 5 #3,504
1938 — 5 5 #3,583
1937 — 6 6 #3,224
1933 — 5 5 #3,686
1932 — 6 6 #3,404
1931 — 6 6 #3,420
1930 — 7 7 #3,321
1929 — 7 7 #3,276
1928 — 6 6 #3,742
1925 — 7 7 #3,435
1924 — 6 6 #3,902
1923 — 5 5 #4,286
1922 — 5 5 #4,358
1921 — 9 9 #3,011
1920 — 9 9 #2,994
1919 — 8 8 #3,145
1918 — 14 14 #2,181
1917 — 11 11 #2,450
1916 — 10 10 #2,567
1915 — 8 8 #2,858
1914 — 9 9 #2,310
1910 — 7 7 #1,353
1905 — 5 5 #1,304
1903 — 5 5 #1,218
1882 — 7 7 #823