Cutler
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUT-ler
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Cutler is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “knife maker”. In 2025 it ranked 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Cutler mean?
English: English occupational surname, from Old French coutelier
“knife maker”
An English occupational surname for a maker or seller of knives, from Old French coutelier.
Is Cutler a girl's or a boy's name?
Cutler is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cutler in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Cutler, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Cutler in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cutler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Cutler
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Cutler
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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, “Cutler: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cutler, updated 20 October 2026.