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 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Michigan#758 · 1 in 5,305
- Minnesota#775 · 1 in 5,599
- North Carolina#999 · 1 in 8,662
- Florida#1,085 · 1 in 9,794
- Georgia#1,208 · 1 in 10,754
Best ever in a state: #371 in Mississippi, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #758 | 9 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Minnesota | #775 | 5 | 1 in 5,599 |
| North Carolina | #999 | 6 | 1 in 8,662 |
| Florida | #1,085 | 10 | 1 in 9,794 |
| Georgia | #1,208 | 5 | 1 in 10,754 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 10 | 1 in 18,522 |
| California | #2,550 | 5 | 1 in 44,737 |
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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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 221,503 of them was named Fischer, which outranked 37.6% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,859Zuriyah9
- #10,859Zyann9
- #10,859Zylynn9
- #11,781Fischer8
- #11,781Aalaya8
- #11,781Aalijah8
- #11,781Aaliyana8
- #12,876Aabha7
- #12,876Aadvi7
- #12,876Aagna7
Tied with 1,094 names at #11,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 20,406 of them was named Fischer, which outranked 88.1% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,675Rishaan94
- #1,675Seven94
- #1,675Zacharias94
- #1,687Fischer93
- #1,687Efren93
- #1,687Filip93
- #1,687Hussain93
- #1,694Braulio92
- #1,694Cael92
- #1,694Calum92
Tied with 6 names at #1,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.