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How popular is “Butler” in the USA?

Number of people named “Butler” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Butler” 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 “Butler” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Butler” by birth year

This chart shows how “Butler” 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
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 20 0.000017588 20 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 23 0.000011461 23 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%

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