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Dutch

Gender
Boy
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#2,451 for boys

Dutch is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).

What does Dutch mean?

Germanic

A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Dutch a girl's or a boy's name?

Dutch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dutch in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,451among boys
Babies in 2025
55about 1 in 31,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Dutch, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.

2025 had more boys named Dutch than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Dutch in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1903Busiest: 55 in 20122025
Dutch in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202555#2,451
202452#2,559
202343#2,894
202254#2,516
202130#3,647
202036#3,135
201939#3,050
201851#2,506
201738#3,070
201643#2,782
201542#2,808
201438#2,983
201350#2,460
201255#2,325
201145#2,662
201042#2,825
200930#3,549
200836#3,163
200730#3,509
200632#3,304
200528#3,443
200425#3,632
200321#3,971
200218#4,316
200115#4,884
200021#3,758
199917#4,157
199810#5,834
19979#6,094
199611#5,180
199515#4,046
199411#5,103
199310#5,353
199210#5,228
199111#4,752
199018#3,303
198913#4,011
19887#5,745
198711#3,954
19868#4,848
198511#3,802
19846#5,557
19837#4,904
198211#3,690
19819#4,151
19800–
197911#3,567
197810#3,613
19777#4,580
197613#2,945
19759#3,657
19748#3,835
19739#3,443
197215#2,418
19718#3,656
19705#4,722
196911#2,681
19689#2,906
19678#2,984
19665#3,946
19657#3,242
19647#3,281
196311#2,538
19628#3,039
19615#4,063
19605#4,036
195910#2,662
19586#3,557
19576#3,550
195610#2,626
19550–
19545#3,825
19539#2,708
19520–
19510–
19506#3,328
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19425#3,559
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19345#3,677
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19296#3,557
19285#4,149
19270–
19260–
19256#3,739
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19205#4,284
19190–
19180–
19170–
19167#3,176
19150–
19140–
19130–
19120–
19115#1,739
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19035#1,129

Names like Dutch

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Germanic names

Every Germanic name

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, “Dutch: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dutch, updated 20 October 2026.