# Bouton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bouton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,557 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (2,326 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French bouton ("button").

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bouton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bouton in the United States.

## People named Bouton

- Jim Bouton, American baseball player (1939–2019)
- Betty Bouton, American actress (b. 1891)

## Similar surnames

Button, Boutin, Boughton, Botten, Bottom, Bowden, Batten, Beaudoin, Bodine, Boden, Beaton, Bethune.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.