Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Butch” in the USA?

Number of people named “Butch” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Butch” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Butch” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Butch” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Butch” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Butch” by birth year

This chart shows how “Butch” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 30 0.000012313 30 -100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 -100%
1943 49 0.00001736 49 -100%
1944 59 0.000021932 59 -100%
1945 63 0.000023748 63 -100%
1946 80 0.000025037 80 -100%
1947 105 0.000029148 105 -100%
1948 89 0.000025778 89 -100%
1949 108 0.000030992 108 -100%
1950 118 0.000033682 118 -100%
1951 115 0.000031218 115 -100%
1952 124 0.000032649 124 -100%
1953 115 0.000029842 115 -100%
1954 100 0.000025121 100 -100%
1955 116 0.000028891 116 -100%
1956 139 0.000033713 139 -100%
1957 122 0.000029033 122 -100%
1958 124 0.000029996 124 -100%
1959 116 0.000027898 116 -100%
1960 120 0.000028889 120 -100%
1961 117 0.000028245 117 -100%
1962 110 0.000027259 110 -100%
1963 95 0.000024001 95 -100%
1964 75 0.000019292 75 -100%
1965 62 0.000017101 62 -100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 -100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 -100%
1968 43 0.000012728 43 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 41 0.000011368 41 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 -100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 -100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 -100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 29 0.000008383 29 -100%
1982 30 0.000008552 30 -100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 -100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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