Fischer
Masculine · “fisherman”
Fischer is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,158 boys against 19 girls since 1880.
Fischer is a fisherman in German, and the surname is among the commonest in the German-speaking world.
How old is the name Fischer?
Fischer first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Fischer is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,100 people named Fischer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Fischer most popular?
Fischer peaked in 2015, reaching #1555 nationally. Today it ranks #2207, 652 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Fischer
Fischer is among the ten commonest German surnames, matching Fisher in English and Pescatore in Italian. The p-to-f shift that separates piscis from fish is one of the changes Grimm's law describes. The name entered American given-name use recently and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
fisherman
From the German Fischer, 'fisherman', an occupational surname. The word is cognate with the English fisher and the Latin piscis through the regular Germanic sound shift that turns p into f. The etymology is documented and unusually clean.
Pronouncing Fischer
FISH-ur
Two syllables, stress on the first. German says it the same way with a rolled r.
Nicknames for Fischer
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 2015104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1555reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −17.9%64 in 2025, from 78
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Fischer in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Fischer in German — same name
- Fisher in English — related form
- Visser in Dutch — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Michigan.
Fischers among us
people named Fischer are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,689 born in 2025 was named Fischer
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cortland test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Fischer's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cortland climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cortland's path sketches the road Fischer is walking now.
Fischer sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Fischer is headed
Fischer should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Fischer beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Fischer in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That piscis and fish are the same word by a regular sound shift is a first-rate etymology.
- The occupational meaning is concrete and needs no explanation.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- Fisher is the commoner English spelling.
- The Fish clipping is unfortunate.
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Frequently asked
- How many Fischers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Fischer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Fischer in 2025?
- Fischer ranks #2207 among US boy names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Fischer?
- About 1 in every 26,689 US boys born in 2025 was named Fischer — 64 in all.
- Will my child share the name Fischer with classmates?
- Fischer will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Fischer
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