Quick answers about Butch
How many people are named Butch?
An estimated 2,289 living Americans are named Butch.
How rare is Butch?
Butch fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Butch?
The median age of a living American named Butch is approximately 64 years, with most bearers falling between 51 and 71 years old.
Is Butch still popular?
Not especially. Butch has been declining since its 1956 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Butch most common?
Butch has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appears 2.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Butch is most concentrated in Georgia — about 2.0× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Butch is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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