Fletcher

Meaning: Arrow maker
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #547 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Fletcher was #266 in 1892, slipped to #1440 by 1981, and has climbed back to #547 today. Roughly 17,000 boys have been named Fletcher since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#44 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #67 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #80 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #136 in New Zealand (2025) · #278 in Scotland (2025) · #395 in England & Wales (2025) · #629 in Canada (2025) · #348 in N. Ireland (2023) · #770 in Ireland (2023) · #4,362 in France (2023).

Famous Fletchers

Fletcher Christian — English sailor (1764–1793)
Fletcher Cox — American football player (born 1990)
Fletcher Henderson — American jazz pianist and bandleader (1897–1952)
Fletcher Loyer — American basketball player (born 2003)
Fletcher Markle — Actor, screenwriter, television producer, television and film director (1921–1991)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 83,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Louise Fletcher — American actress (1934–2022)
Darren Fletcher — Scottish footballer (born 1984)
John Fletcher — English playwright (1579–1625)

In stories & tradition

Fletcher^Wikidata — Lord Byron (book)

What Fletchers become

Among 111 notable people named Fletcher:

Sports figures appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Fletcher Cox, American football player (born 1990).

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