How popular is the name Fisher?

Fisher ranks 1,183rd among boys' names in US records, with 8,436 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,648.

Is Fisher a unisex name?

No. Fisher is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2016, when 403 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Fischer. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,183 of boy names

Pronounced F IH1 SH ER0 (ARPABET)

Fisher is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 8,436 children — the 1,183rd most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2016, when 403 children were given it.

Fischer is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2016Boys: 403Girls: 13

These spellings sound identical to Fisher and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Fisher?: Fisher ranks 1,183rd among boys' names in US records, with 8,436 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,648.
Is Fisher a unisex name?: No. Fisher is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Fisher most popular?: 2016, when 403 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Fisher spelled?: Fischer. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.