Butler
#4,846 most common boys' name of all time · #11,970 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–1996
Rank among boys
#4,846
Rank overall
#11,970 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
987
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #1,271
Best rank
#530 1886
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Butler is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,991 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,151 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,852 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,621 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,936 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,063 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,324 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,379 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,315 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,295 |
| 1956 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,814 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,780 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,958 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,834 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,392 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,709 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,954 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,036 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,365 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,417 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,786 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,881 |
| 1943 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,495 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,996 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,136 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,402 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,924 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,730 |
| 1935 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,259 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,405 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,669 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,310 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,680 |
| 1928 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,910 |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1926 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,915 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,955 |
| 1924 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,632 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,704 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,654 |
| 1920 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,553 |
| 1919 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,271 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,656 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,482 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1915 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,345 |
| 1914 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,270 |
| 1913 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,148 |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,231 |
| 1911 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,134 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,220 |
| 1909 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,099 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,047 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,230 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,035 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #945 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,038 |
| 1900 | — | 12 | 12 | #762 |
| 1899 | — | 12 | 12 | #604 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #878 |
| 1896 | — | 11 | 11 | #701 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #769 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #760 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #676 |
| 1892 | — | 13 | 13 | #585 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,002 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #620 |
| 1889 | — | 12 | 12 | #572 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #939 |
| 1887 | — | 9 | 9 | #657 |
| 1886 | — | 13 | 13 | #530 |
| 1885 | — | 12 | 12 | #567 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #989 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #746 |
| 1882 | — | 12 | 12 | #567 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #694 |