Butler
Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 987since 1880
Butler over time
Rank among boys' names. Butler has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Butler was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Butler is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Butler
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1885 (#971 → #547)
- Biggest drop: 360 spots in 1891 (#603 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #512 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1882–1897
- Highest: 1 in 8,522 boys born in 1886 were named Butler (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,717 boys born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Butler (199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #512 (1886) | #674 |
| 1890s | 87 | #572 (1892) | #707 |
| 1900s | 54 | #743 (1900) | #996 |
| 1910s | 199 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,309 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,543 (1920) | #1,908 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,397 (1938) | #2,256 |
| 1940s | 127 | #1,486 (1943) | #2,155 |
| 1950s | 65 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,176 |
| 1960s | 35 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,351 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,907 (1971) | #5,247 |
| 1980s | 10 | #3,838 (1980) | #3,838 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,971 (1996) | #8,044 |
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.
Butler in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 8,983 of them was named Butler, which outranked 50.1% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).