Cutter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUT-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Cutter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who cuts cloth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Cutter mean?
English: English occupational surname
“one who cuts cloth”
Is Cutter a girl's or a boy's name?
Cutter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cutter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Cutter, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Cutter in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Cutter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.
- Cutter 48
- Kutter 30
Cutter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,627 |
| 2002 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Cutter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Colter Cooper Bridger Ryder Carter Cannon Tucker Parker Camden Hunter Gunner Connor
Other spellings of Cutter
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Cutter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cutter, updated 20 October 2026.