Button

Button is the 4,918th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,956 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 43,000.

By the numbers

People: 6,956
Rank: 4,918th
How common: 1 in 43,000
Per 100,000: 2.3

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Button described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 88.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Black, not Hispanic 2.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Button

Jenson Button (born 1980)British racing driver
Dick Button (1929–2025)American figure skater, sports personality, actor, lawyer
Thomas Button (1575–1634)Royal Navy officer and explorer
David Button (born 1989)English association football player

People named Button with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Button

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.