Cutter — #3241 US boys' name
1,634 babies named Cutter in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Cutter was born in this single decade.
77 babies were named Cutter in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cutter
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,634 babies named Cutter between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cutter currently holds the #3241 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 77 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cutter performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 638 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cutter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 577 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cutter in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cutter 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 1,634 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.
Cutter at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cutter popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2003)
- 77
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #3241 among boys.
1,634 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 77 births in a single year.
Cutter by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 638 births that decade — 39% of Cutter's all-time total
Cutter decade highlights
- Peak decade 638 births
- Runner-up 463 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cutter's strongest decade
638 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Cutter by state
Where Cutter concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 577 | 35.3% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 58 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | California | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Oregon | | 5 | 0.3% |
577 of 1,634 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 35.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 3.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.7% of nationwide
- California 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 35.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.