Butler

Where Butler comes from

* (English surname): From Middle English Butler. * (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier. * (placename): From the surname
— Wiktionary's entry for Butler
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #512
    13 babies named Butler — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #917.
  4. 1936
    Butler Derrick born
    U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  5. 1943
    Butler Lampson born
    American computer scientist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Butler Lampson · American computer scientist, born 1943
  • Butler Derrick · U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1936–2014
  • Butler B. Hare · US Congressman from 2nd district 1915–1933 and 3rd district 1939-1947, 1875–1967
  • Butler Ames · American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman, 1871–1954
  • Butler May · musical artist, 1894–1917

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.