Fletcher

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fletcher: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fletcher: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #65 in 2014, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#65highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#629
1998	#958
1999	#471
2000	#596
2001	#460
2002	#411
2003	#344
2004	#378
2005	#349
2006	#240
2007	#259
2008	#316
2009	#256
2010	#253
2011	#220
2012	#220
2013	#248
2014	#225
2015	#228
2016	#233
2017	#239
2018	#250
2019	#293
2020	#308
2021	#337
2022	#375
2023	#406
2024	#422

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #246 among boys in Scotland, #422 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #853 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2018
Highest recorded position: #65 among boys in New Zealand, in 2014 (recorded 2010–2018).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #422 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fletcher appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,869 births with the name.

Fletcher across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fletcher's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#220 (2011)	#422 (2024)	29 of 29	3,869 (1996–2024)	251 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#311 (2012)	#348 (2023)	8 of 14	34 (2010–2023)	5 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#718 (2012)	#435 (2018)	#770 (2023)	10 of 12	49 (2012–2023)	8 (2018)
New Zealand · Boys	#89 (2010)	#65 (2014)	#95 (2018)	8 of 9	500 (2010–2018)	78 (2015)

Fletcher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fletcher in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	102	4 of 10	26
2000s	989	10 of 10	99
2010sbusiest	2,188	10 of 10	219
2020s	590	5 of 10	118

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 219 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 67, from 90 to 157.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fletcher appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New Zealand in 2014.

Fletcher's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#422	95	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#406	98	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#375	113	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#337	135	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#308	149	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#293	166	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#250	206	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#239	225	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#233	241	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#228	250	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#225	251	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#248	201	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#220	237	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#220	224	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#253	187	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#256	174	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#316	127	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#259	156	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#240	157	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#349	90	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#378	75	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#344	79	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#411	55	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#471	44	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New Zealand	male	#95	53	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#93	56	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#71	78	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#65	70	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#68	71	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#89	56	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#87	56	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#89	60	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #65, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 251 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mateo · #65, 31y
Zac · #65, 30y
Zoey · #66, 32y
Amara · #68, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mateo · #65, 31y
Zac · #65, 30y
Zach · #65, 32y
Alba · #66, 31y

Fletcher was ranked #65 in New Zealand · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fletcher and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fletcher without appearing here.

Fletcher moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #958 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #1082.
Jonas Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #629 and #1174.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #958 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #973.
Derek Compare
In 1998 they stood at #958 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #906.

Moved ahead of Fletcher

Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #435 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #764 and #402.
Ollie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #344 and #377 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #378 and #255.
Arlo Compare
In 2012 they stood at #220 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #248 and #189.
Hudson Compare
In 2014 they stood at #225 and #234 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #228 and #176.

Moved the opposite way to Fletcher

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Fletcher

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fletcher went from #853 to #422 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New Zealand in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fletcher

Fletcher at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fletcher across 4 official records

Fletcher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fletcher appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Fletcher at a glance

Fletcher across 4 official records

Fletcher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fletcher appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fletcher

Fletcher and the names beside it

Fletcher moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fletcher

Moved the opposite way to Fletcher

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