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How popular is the name Fletcher?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fletchers are alive today.
Fletcher (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 395th in 2025 with 104 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 251 babies were given the name, the 225th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 422 in 2024 before climbing back to the 395th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Fletcher you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Fletchers born in England and Wales are between 8 and 18, and there are at least 4,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Fletcher.
How many babies are named Fletcher each year?
Where does Fletcher rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fletcher most popular?
Fletcher peaked in 2014, when 251 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Fletcher?
At least 4,000 people named Fletcher born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fletcher?
Most living Fletchers are between 8 and 18; the most common age is about 11.
Is Fletcher becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.