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How popular is “Fletcher” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fletcher” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fletcher” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fletcher” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fletcher” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fletcher” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fletcher” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fletcher” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 25 0.000124079 25 -100%
1881 34 0.000176451 34 -100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 -100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 -100%
1884 27 0.000110901 27 -100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 -100%
1886 38 0.000148835 38 -100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 -100%
1888 36 0.000120211 36 -100%
1889 32 0.000110747 32 -100%
1890 23 0.00007631 23 -100%
1891 28 0.000097672 28 -100%
1892 45 0.00013458 45 -100%
1893 32 0.000098394 32 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 36 0.000103759 36 -100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 -100%
1899 34 0.000100226 34 -100%
1900 53 0.00011771 53 -100%
1901 33 0.000095428 33 -100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 -100%
1903 33 0.000086569 33 -100%
1904 35 0.000086744 35 -100%
1905 35 0.000082562 35 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 44 0.000094544 44 -100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 -100%
1909 37 0.000072375 37 -100%
1910 54 0.000091415 54 -100%
1911 51 0.000079158 51 -100%
1912 89 0.000090075 89 -100%
1913 94 0.000082666 11 83 -77%
1914 106 0.000074841 106 -100%
1915 149 0.000081313 10 139 -87%
1916 149 0.000077026 149 -100%
1917 159 0.000079233 5 154 -94%
1918 169 0.00007784 7 162 -92%
1919 139 0.000065869 139 -100%
1920 123 0.000054361 123 -100%
1921 170 0.000072821 5 165 -94%
1922 145 0.000063342 145 -100%
1923 145 0.000062976 7 138 -90%
1924 155 0.000065082 155 -100%
1925 152 0.000065144 8 144 -89%
1926 156 0.000067947 9 147 -88%
1927 143 0.000061655 8 135 -89%
1928 136 0.000060152 6 130 -91%
1929 131 0.000059758 7 124 -89%
1930 127 0.000057123 7 120 -89%
1931 100 0.00004752 100 -100%
1932 120 0.000056837 5 115 -92%
1933 128 0.000064018 128 -100%
1934 117 0.000056336 117 -100%
1935 104 0.000049763 104 -100%
1936 98 0.00004717 5 93 -90%
1937 107 0.000050219 107 -100%
1938 105 0.000047456 105 -100%
1939 102 0.000046291 102 -100%
1940 97 0.000042125 5 92 -90%
1941 96 0.000039402 96 -100%
1942 111 0.000040632 111 -100%
1943 102 0.000036137 102 -100%
1944 111 0.000041263 6 105 -89%
1945 91 0.000034302 91 -100%
1946 106 0.000033174 106 -100%
1947 98 0.000027205 98 -100%
1948 132 0.000038233 132 -100%
1949 128 0.000036731 5 123 -92%
1950 120 0.000034253 120 -100%
1951 113 0.000030675 113 -100%
1952 103 0.00002712 103 -100%
1953 100 0.000025949 100 -100%
1954 96 0.000024116 96 -100%
1955 107 0.00002665 107 -100%
1956 74 0.000017948 74 -100%
1957 93 0.000022132 93 -100%
1958 85 0.000020562 85 -100%
1959 74 0.000017797 74 -100%
1960 75 0.000018056 75 -100%
1961 92 0.00002221 92 -100%
1962 72 0.000017842 72 -100%
1963 75 0.000018948 75 -100%
1964 85 0.000021864 85 -100%
1965 79 0.00002179 79 -100%
1966 68 0.000019565 68 -100%
1967 72 0.000021208 72 -100%
1968 63 0.000018648 63 -100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 -100%
1970 75 0.000020796 75 -100%
1971 69 0.000020103 69 -100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 -100%
1973 39 0.000012927 39 -100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 -100%
1975 54 0.000017884 54 -100%
1976 56 0.000018456 56 -100%
1977 55 0.000017315 55 -100%
1978 51 0.000016069 51 -100%
1979 53 0.00001593 53 -100%
1980 59 0.000017129 59 -100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 -100%
1982 52 0.000014823 52 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 73 0.000020924 73 -100%
1985 91 0.000025497 91 -100%
1986 97 0.00002727 97 -100%
1987 88 0.000024406 88 -100%
1988 74 0.000020027 74 -100%
1989 86 0.00002237 86 -100%
1990 66 0.000016698 66 -100%
1991 75 0.000019254 75 -100%
1992 72 0.000018744 72 -100%
1993 91 0.000024136 91 -100%
1994 94 0.000025285 94 -100%
1995 83 0.000022664 83 -100%
1996 94 0.000025773 94 -100%
1997 84 0.000023168 84 -100%
1998 102 0.000027731 102 -100%
1999 123 0.000033298 123 -100%
2000 133 0.000035186 133 -100%
2001 131 0.000034995 131 -100%
2002 155 0.000041463 155 -100%
2003 160 0.00004208 160 -100%
2004 174 0.000045539 174 -100%
2005 160 0.000041614 160 -100%
2006 174 0.000043982 174 -100%
2007 207 0.00005178 5 202 -95%
2008 196 0.000049864 196 -100%
2009 221 0.000057851 221 -100%
2010 237 0.000064128 237 -100%
2011 232 0.000063426 232 -100%
2012 285 0.000077925 285 -100%
2013 287 0.000078724 287 -100%
2014 341 0.000092004 341 -100%
2015 394 0.00010646 7 387 -96%
2016 403 0.000109848 403 -100%
2017 415 0.000116045 5 410 -98%
2018 451 0.000128275 6 445 -97%
2019 444 0.000127919 10 434 -95%
2020 416 0.000124529 12 404 -94%
2021 429 0.000126625 15 414 -93%
2022 413 0.000122076 8 405 -96%
2023 449 0.000135601 10 439 -96%
2024 542 0.000162836 19 523 -93%

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