The name Fletcher is of English origin, and means one who makes arrows.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Fletcher has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Fletcher
Use of the Name Fletcher for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
8,186
1,995
673
486
486
331
171
The table below indicates the number of times the name Fletcher has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Fletcher
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
345
25
1881
271
34
1882
393
21
1883
319
27
1884
337
27
1885
359
24
1886
276
38
1887
359
21
1888
297
36
1889
307
32
1890
372
23
1891
320
28
1892
266
45
1893
309
32
1894
352
27
1895
291
38
1896
343
31
1897
308
36
1898
337
33
1899
301
34
1900
285
53
1901
311
33
1902
323
37
1903
334
33
1904
340
35
1905
348
35
1906
402
29
1907
322
44
1908
368
39
1909
405
37
1910
348
53
1911
400
51
1912
412
89
1913
478
83
1914
470
106
1915
468
139
1916
468
149
1917
458
153
1918
465
162
1919
503
140
1920
556
123
1921
475
166
1922
511
146
1923
523
136
1924
493
158
1925
518
139
1926
491
151
1927
519
137
1928
544
125
1929
522
126
1930
537
124
1931
596
97
1932
563
110
1933
492
129
1934
545
118
1935
572
103
1936
592
96
1937
567
104
1938
571
105
1939
566
102
1940
615
94
1941
616
95
1942
594
111
1943
631
101
1944
593
106
1945
635
90
1946
624
105
1947
699
99
1948
582
131
1949
614
122
1950
633
119
1951
654
115
1952
696
101
1953
712
100
1954
736
95
1955
709
106
1956
859
76
1957
772
95
1958
813
85
1959
904
72
1960
866
77
1961
805
90
1962
893
73
1963
869
75
1964
816
85
1965
829
79
1966
879
68
1967
844
72
1968
921
62
1969
958
64
1970
918
76
1971
991
67
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
960
91
1986
931
96
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
998
155
2003
984
160
2004
965
171
Totals:
8,186
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Fletcher as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Fletcher appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 97 times during the last 125 years.