Meaning and history
From an English surname referring to someone who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, ultimately derived from Old English þæc “thatch.” The surname was borne by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).
20062006: 162 births, rank #1,085
2007: 140 births, rank #1,255
2008: 112 births, rank #1,467
2009: 123 births, rank #1,381
2010: 161 births, rank #1,149
20112011: 166 births, rank #1,108
2012: 181 births, rank #1,052
2013: 200 births, rank #991
2014: 254 births, rank #868
2015: 242 births, rank #897
20162016: 274 births, rank #829
2017: 260 births, rank #848
2018: 274 births, rank #818
2019: 288 births, rank #797
2020: 271 births, rank #841
20212021: 297 births, rank #815
2022: 235 births, rank #963
2023: 220 births, rank #1,000
2024: 214 births, rank #1,038
20252025: 194 births, rank #1,108
Thatcher moved from #815 to #966 for boys between 2021 and 2022. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 297 births.