boy's name

Dutch

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,459

Dutch is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 55 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2012, when 55 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 60,281 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1903.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Dutch over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Dutch by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 12
1920s 22
1930s 5
1940s 5
1950s 52
1960s 76
1970s 95
1980s 83
1990s 122
2000s 256
2010s 443
2020s (to 2025) 270

How popular is Dutch?

In 2025, Dutch was given to 55 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Dutch is used

United States #2,462 55 in 2025
Canada #2,895 5 in 2012
England & Wales #5,392 3 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dutch

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dutch also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dutch over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dutch

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dutch — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dutch

How popular is the name Dutch?

In 2025, Dutch was given to 55 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Dutch a girl's or a boy's name?

Dutch is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Dutch?

Dutch has 1 syllable.

When was Dutch most popular?

Dutch peaked in 2012, when 55 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Dutch a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dutch currently ranks #2,462 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.