Butler — boys' name

What the Data Says About Butler

The Social Security Administration has registered 987 babies named Butler between 1880 and 1996, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Butler currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Butler performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Butler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Butler in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Butler in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 987 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.