Butch
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 124 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,423since 1919
Butch over time
Rank among boys' names. Butch has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,297 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,027 | 50 |
| 1965 | #934 | 62 |
| 1964 | #881 | 75 |
| 1963 | #781 | 95 |
| 1962 | #729 | 110 |
| 1961 | #704 | 118 |
| 1960 | #715 | 119 |
| 1959 | #712 | 116 |
| 1958 | #683 | 124 |
| 1957 | #692 | 122 |
| 1956 | #643 | 139 |
| 1955 | #680 | 116 |
| 1954 | #722 | 100 |
| 1953 | #661 | 115 |
| 1952 | #631 | 124 |
| 1951 | #656 | 115 |
| 1950 | #637 | 118 |
| 1949 | #661 | 108 |
| 1948 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | #671 | 105 |
| 1946 | #729 | 80 |
| 1945 | #775 | 63 |
| 1944 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #956 | 49 |
| 1942 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Butch! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1933, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Butch is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#285 · 1 in 3,256
- Ohio#372 · 1 in 8,301
- North Carolina#393 · 1 in 5,607
- Alabama#402 · 1 in 5,547
- Missouri#407 · 1 in 8,289
Best ever in a state: #285 in Tennessee, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #285 | 12 | 1 in 3,256 |
| Ohio | #372 | 11 | 1 in 8,301 |
| North Carolina | #393 | 9 | 1 in 5,607 |
| Alabama | #402 | 7 | 1 in 5,547 |
| Missouri | #407 | 5 | 1 in 8,289 |
| Georgia | #447 | 6 | 1 in 7,314 |
| Illinois | #578 | 5 | 1 in 18,217 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Butch
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1943 (#1,139 → #956)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1964 (#781 → #881)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1952 at #631 (124 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1943–1965
- Highest: 1 in 15,172 boys born in 1950 were named Butch (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #631 in 1952, was only 1 in 15,674 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.7% of all boys named Butch (1,189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,201 (1926) | #4,201 |
| 1930s | 53 | #1,879 (1939) | #2,750 |
| 1940s | 646 | #661 (1949) | #895 |
| 1950s | 1,189 | #631 (1952) | #672 |
| 1960s | 740 | #704 (1961) | #959 |
| 1970s | 316 | #1,297 (1970) | #1,678 |
| 1980s | 211 | #1,850 (1982) | #2,567 |
| 1990s | 121 | #2,999 (1992) | #4,909 |
| 2000s | 73 | #5,667 (2001) | #8,501 |
| 2010s | 36 | #8,139 (2010) | #11,043 |
| 2020s | 28 | #7,738 (2023) | #10,160 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Butch in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 16,425 of them was named Butch, which outranked 84.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).