Butch

Where Butch comes from

Butch hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Butch Otter born
    American politician
  3. 1952
    Peak, #631
    124 babies named Butch — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1955
    Butch Vig born
    American musician and record producer
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #934.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Butch Otter · American politician, born 1942
  • Butch Vig · American musician and record producer, born 1955
  • Butch Walker · American musician and record producer, born 1969
  • Butch Johnson · archer, 1955–2024
  • Butch Moore · Irish singer, 1938–2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.