Butch
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BUTCH
- Origin
- English
Butch is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Butch mean?
English: American nickname, probably from butcher
Outlaw Butch Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker; his nickname is often linked to a brief job as a butcher.
Is Butch a girl's or a boy's name?
Butch is a boys' name.
How popular is Butch in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1956, with 139 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Butch in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Butch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | 75 | #881 |
| 1963 | 95 | #781 |
| 1962 | 110 | #729 |
| 1961 | 118 | #703 |
| 1960 | 119 | #714 |
| 1959 | 116 | #711 |
| 1958 | 124 | #682 |
| 1957 | 122 | #691 |
| 1956 | 139 | #642 |
| 1955 | 116 | #679 |
| 1954 | 100 | #721 |
| 1953 | 115 | #660 |
| 1952 | 124 | #630 |
| 1951 | 115 | #655 |
| 1950 | 118 | #636 |
| 1949 | 108 | #660 |
| 1948 | 89 | #707 |
| 1947 | 105 | #671 |
| 1946 | 80 | #729 |
| 1945 | 63 | #775 |
| 1944 | 59 | #814 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Butch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Butch: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/butch, updated 20 October 2026.