Dutch
About Dutch
If Holland works for a girl, why not Dutch for a boy? Well, one reason is that Holland is a place name and Dutch is used to describe someone or something from The Netherlands, but we digress. Dutch does have a name-like sound, akin to Dash, Duke, Dutton, and Dustin.
Gavin Newsom, Lt-Governor of California, kept up his geographical baby name theme when he named his son Dutch William in 2016, joining older siblings named Hunter, Montana and Brooklyn. The name saw a slight increase in use around the same time and a recent year saw it given to 50 babies.
The word Dutch ultimately comes from Old Germanic roots, and means "of one's people". Associated with the language of The Netherlands (and parts of Belgium), it may also remind people of the phrase "Dutch Courage", as in, confidence gained from drinking alcohol.
Pronounced DUTCH.
As of October 2026, Dutch ranked #2458 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1170 in 1903.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,001 | 38 | 19.8 |
| 2015 | #2,817 | 42 | 21.9 |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 43 | 22.7 |
| 2017 | #3,082 | 38 | 20.5 |
| 2018 | #2,519 | 51 | 28.1 |
| 2019 | #3,065 | 39 | 21.7 |
| 2020 | #3,151 | 36 | 20.9 |
| 2021 | #3,668 | 30 | 17.1 |
| 2022 | #2,526 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,963 | 42 | 24.6 |
| 2024 | #2,562 | 52 | 30.2 |
| 2025 | #2,458 | 55 | 32.2 |
Similar names
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Dutch on lists
Famous Dutchs
- Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer)
American mobster
Dutch in pop culture
- Dutch
term for the people and language of the Netherlands