How Many People Are Named Catcher?
An estimated 149 people in the United States have the first name Catcher. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Catcher peaked in popularity in 2005 with 24 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Catcher as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Catcher paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
149
About 1 in 2,300,365 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2005
24 births
Total Registered
151
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Catcher
Catcher is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 151 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Catcher as a male name
Ranked #8,986 in 2016
8 male births in 2016
Peak: 2005 (24 births)
Catcher: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Catcher span from the 2000s to the 2010s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 99 babies were registered. While Catcher is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Catcher by Decade
How has Catcher tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Catcher by State
Catcher + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Catcher as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Catcher
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Catcher: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Catcher?
We estimate approximately 149 people named Catcher are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,300,365 Americans share this first name.
Is Catcher a common name?
Catcher is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 151 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Catcher most popular?
Catcher reached peak popularity in 2005, when 24 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Catcher is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Catcher a male name?
Catcher is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Catcher Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Catcher Smith, Catcher Johnson, Catcher Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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