NameTides

Fisher

Fisher was the #791 boys' name in the US in 2025 (319 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Fisher as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Fisher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Fisher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#791 (319)—#1,944 (10)
2024#891 (265)—#1,909 (10)
2023#874 (268)—#1,342 (15)
2022#885 (267)—#2,810 (5)
2021#871 (265)—#1,898 (9)
2020#907 (246)—#1,382 (14)
2019#777 (300)—#1,326 (15)
2018#801 (282)—#1,389 (13)
2017#763 (307)—#1,623 (11)
2016#774 (310)—#1,159 (18)
2015#790 (294)—#1,681 (10)
2014#769 (304)—#1,107 (18)
2013#862 (247)—#1,380 (13)
2012#834 (262)—#1,033 (20)
2011#855 (249)—#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #791.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Fisher is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fisher by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #777FL
Fisher (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FisherCanadaBoys#1,94410
FisherEngland & WalesBoys—too few
FisherUSGirls—too few
FisherUSBoys#791319