Thatcher

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #8,875 · #1,108 for boys in 2025, 194 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2019 · 288 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,955
since 1965

Thatcher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thatcher has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #797, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,108194
2024—#1,038214
2023—#1,000220
2022—#963235
2021—#815297
2020—#841271
2019—#797288
2018—#818274
2017—#848260
2016#8,87512#829274
2015—#897242
2014—#868254
2013—#991200
2012—#1,052181
2011—#1,108166
2010—#1,149161
2009—#1,381123
2008—#1,467112
2007—#1,255140
2006—#1,085162
2005—#1,53592
2004—#2,05158
2003—#2,20649
2002—#2,06852
2001—#2,38641
2000—#3,42324
1999—#3,48022
1998—#2,78229
1997—#3,16023
1996—#3,83017
1995—#3,55918
1994—#3,21521
1993—#3,81916
1992—#3,33819
1991—#4,47612
1990—#5,8238
1989—#7,9055
1988—#4,7869
1987—#6,0896
1986—#4,13010
1985—#5,1477
1984—#6,3155
1983——
1982—#3,48212
1981—#2,89815
1980—#3,09814
1979—#4,8427
1978—#2,92914
1977—#3,8369
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,07812
1974—#4,6346
1973—#4,5056
1972—#3,3449
1971—#3,9637
1970—#4,2306
1969—#3,5957
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1967—#3,5596
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1965—#3,9305
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First appearance
1965

The first year at least five boys were named Thatcher! It came in at #3,930, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Thatcher is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedNHWashington: #605 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,450 boysWAIdaho: #405 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,554 boysIDMontana: #229 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 722 boysMTNorth Dakota: #212 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 649 boysNDMinnesota: #633 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,810 boysMNIllinois: #1,067 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,524 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedMINew York: #1,581 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,957 boysNYMassachusetts: #630 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,714 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedRIOregon: #606 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,323 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedIAIndiana: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,774 boysINOhio: #649 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,408 boysOHPennsylvania: #850 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,158 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #458 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,776 boysCTCalifornia: #1,641 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 20,651 boysCAUtah: #408 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,773 boysUTColorado: #771 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,159 boysCONebraska: #436 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,882 boysNEMissouri: #579 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,372 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedWVVirginia: #726 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,092 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedDEArizona: #864 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,838 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedNMKansas: #574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,908 boysKSArkansas: #334 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,353 boysARTennessee: #522 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,959 boysTNNorth Carolina: #905 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,166 boysNCSouth Carolina: #678 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,179 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #434 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,882 boysOKLouisiana: #810 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,570 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedMSAlabama: #584 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,232 boysALGeorgia: #858 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,799 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thatcher, so not publishedHITexas: #951 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 7,949 boysTXFlorida: #1,513 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,973 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#212 · 1 in 649
  2. Montana#229 · 1 in 722
  3. Arkansas#334 · 1 in 1,353
  4. Idaho#405 · 1 in 1,554
  5. Utah#408 · 1 in 1,773

Best ever in a state: #88 in Vermont, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#21261 in 649
Montana#22951 in 722
Arkansas#334101 in 1,353
Idaho#40551 in 1,554
Utah#408111 in 1,773
Oklahoma#434101 in 1,882
Nebraska#43651 in 1,882
Connecticut#45851 in 2,776
Tennessee#522121 in 2,959
Kansas#57451 in 2,908
Missouri#57991 in 3,372
Alabama#58471 in 3,232
Washington#605101 in 3,450
Oregon#60651 in 3,323
Indiana#61091 in 3,774
Massachusetts#63061 in 4,714
Minnesota#63371 in 3,810
Ohio#649131 in 4,408
South Carolina#67851 in 4,179
Virginia#72681 in 5,092
Colorado#77151 in 5,159
Louisiana#81051 in 4,570
Pennsylvania#85081 in 7,158
Georgia#85891 in 5,799
Arizona#86451 in 6,838
North Carolina#90571 in 7,166
Texas#951221 in 7,949
Illinois#1,06771 in 8,524
Florida#1,51361 in 15,973
New York#1,58161 in 15,957
California#1,641101 in 20,651
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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 Thatcher
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#1,038 → #1,108)
  • 267 spots since 2020 (#841 → #1,108)
  • 211 spots since 2015 (#897 → #1,108)
  • Biggest jump: 123 spots in 2014 (#991 → #868)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2022 (#815 → #963)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 2019 at #797 (288 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2013–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,891
  • Highest: 1 in 5,891 boys born in 2021 were named Thatcher (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,805 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #797 in 2019, was only 1 in 6,230 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 46.4% of all boys named Thatcher (2,300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#3,559 (1967)#3,695
1970s85#2,929 (1978)#3,909
1980s83#2,898 (1981)#4,872
1990s185#2,782 (1998)#3,748
2000s853#1,085 (2006)#1,886
2010s2,300#797 (2019)#936
2020s1,431#815 (2021)#961

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.

Thatcher in 2018

boys
#818
274 births · 1 in 6,628 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #818Thatcher274
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 6,628 of them was named Thatcher, which outranked 94.2% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thatcher
  1. #814Coen276
  2. #814London276
  3. #817Kaiser275
  4. #818Thatcher274
  5. #818Merrick274
  6. #820Ishaan273
  7. #820Rodney273
  8. #820Rudy273

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →