# Butch (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/butch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,423 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,423 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | 7,045 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,194 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,861 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,038 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,806 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,246 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,564 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,947 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,492 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,988 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,452 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,443 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,086 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,823 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,066 |

## People named Butch

- Butch Otter, American politician (born 1942)
- Butch Vig, American musician and record producer
- Butch Walker, American musician and record producer (born 1969)
- Butch Johnson, archer
- Butch Patrick, American actor
- Butch Trucks, American drummer (1947–2017)
- Butch Morris, American cornetist (1947–2013)
- Butch Warren, American musician (1939-2013)
- Butch Ballard, American jazz drummer
- Butch Goring, Canadian ice hockey player-coach
- Butch Leitzinger, American racecar driver
- Butch Walts, American tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.