Fischer
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 104 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,158since 1993
Fischer over time
Rank among boys' names. Fischer has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,207 | 64 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,985 | 78 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,928 | 81 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,083 | 72 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,000 | 74 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,849 | 80 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,823 | 83 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,777 | 86 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #1,630 | 97 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,687 | 93 |
| 2015 | — | #1,555 | 104 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,564 | 101 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,709 | 86 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,602 | 97 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,573 | 99 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,599 | 98 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,809 | 82 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,665 | 92 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,951 | 72 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,769 | 78 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,206 | 49 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,295 | 45 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,346 | 42 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,298 | 42 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,782 | 29 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Fischer! It came in at #5,360, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 15 boys a year got the name.
Where Fischer is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#371 · 1 in 1,734
- North Carolina#759 · 1 in 5,779
- Minnesota#783 · 1 in 5,677
- Florida#971 · 1 in 8,196
- Michigan#974 · 1 in 7,961
Best ever in a state: #371 in Mississippi, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #371 | 8 | 1 in 1,734 |
| North Carolina | #759 | 9 | 1 in 5,779 |
| Minnesota | #783 | 5 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Florida | #971 | 12 | 1 in 8,196 |
| Michigan | #974 | 6 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Texas | #1,533 | 10 | 1 in 18,808 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Fischer
- 222 spots since 2024 (#1,985 → #2,207)
- 358 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,207)
- 652 spots since 2015 (#1,555 → #2,207)
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2015 at #1,555 (104 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,430 boys born in 2015 were named Fischer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.7% of all boys named Fischer (944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 150 | #2,608 (1999) | #3,622 |
| 2000s | 615 | #1,665 (2008) | #2,059 |
| 2010s | 944 | #1,555 (2015) | #1,652 |
| 2020s | 449 | #1,849 (2020) | #2,009 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fischer in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Fischer, which outranked 88.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,546Saif105
- #1,546Stryker105
- #1,546Zaine105
- #1,555Fischer104
- #1,555Austyn104
- #1,555Henley104
- #1,555Henri104
- #1,567Arnav103
- #1,567Braxten103
- #1,567Damir103
Tied with 11 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.