Buck
#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 49 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,610since 1880
Buck over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Buck has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,992 | 76 |
| 2024 | #2,476 | 55 |
| 2023 | #2,129 | 68 |
| 2022 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #2,373 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | #3,171 | 36 |
| 2017 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2016 | #3,059 | 38 |
| 2015 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #2,847 | 41 |
| 2013 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #1,500 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,362 | 65 |
| 1988 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #1,188 | 64 |
| 1985 | #1,214 | 61 |
| 1984 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #1,035 | 73 |
| 1982 | #899 | 99 |
| 1981 | #914 | 96 |
| 1980 | #920 | 94 |
| 1979 | #906 | 93 |
| 1978 | #989 | 76 |
| 1977 | #921 | 85 |
| 1976 | #897 | 85 |
| 1975 | #1,160 | 53 |
| 1974 | #1,045 | 62 |
| 1973 | #1,054 | 59 |
| 1972 | #988 | 67 |
| 1971 | #1,091 | 56 |
| 1970 | #931 | 73 |
| 1969 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1968 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1966 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,195 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,046 | 53 |
| 1961 | #1,196 | 44 |
| 1960 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #1,012 | 58 |
| 1958 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #969 | 59 |
| 1955 | #1,105 | 45 |
| 1954 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1947 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #876 | 52 |
| 1940 | #929 | 47 |
| 1939 | #992 | 41 |
| 1938 | #860 | 52 |
| 1937 | #697 | 74 |
| 1936 | #714 | 70 |
| 1935 | #716 | 72 |
| 1934 | #751 | 66 |
| 1933 | #721 | 71 |
| 1932 | #729 | 73 |
| 1931 | #756 | 67 |
| 1930 | #782 | 67 |
| 1929 | #930 | 52 |
| 1928 | #738 | 75 |
| 1927 | #799 | 69 |
| 1926 | #737 | 75 |
| 1925 | #710 | 83 |
| 1924 | #849 | 65 |
| 1923 | #718 | 82 |
| 1922 | #754 | 77 |
| 1921 | #674 | 92 |
| 1920 | #677 | 89 |
| 1919 | #597 | 102 |
| 1918 | #641 | 92 |
| 1917 | #640 | 86 |
| 1916 | #597 | 95 |
| 1915 | #647 | 80 |
| 1914 | #632 | 64 |
| 1913 | #579 | 57 |
| 1912 | #521 | 57 |
| 1911 | #426 | 46 |
| 1910 | #365 | 49 |
| 1909 | #378 | 40 |
| 1908 | #403 | 34 |
| 1907 | #388 | 33 |
| 1906 | #456 | 24 |
| 1905 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | #379 | 29 |
| 1903 | #401 | 24 |
| 1902 | #521 | 17 |
| 1901 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #393 | 32 |
| 1899 | #402 | 21 |
| 1898 | #505 | 17 |
| 1897 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #594 | 12 |
| 1893 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #480 | 17 |
| 1891 | #386 | 20 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #442 | 18 |
| 1887 | #461 | 14 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Buck was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Buck is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Utah#340 · 1 in 3,219
- Arizona#402 · 1 in 3,754
- Michigan#659 · 1 in 13,467
- Florida#747 · 1 in 11,951
- California#835 · 1 in 14,790
Best ever in a state: #96 in Oklahoma, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #340 | 6 | 1 in 3,219 |
| Arizona | #402 | 6 | 1 in 3,754 |
| Michigan | #659 | 5 | 1 in 13,467 |
| Florida | #747 | 5 | 1 in 11,951 |
| California | #835 | 13 | 1 in 14,790 |
| Texas | #875 | 9 | 1 in 14,827 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 484 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #1,992)
- 736 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #1,992)
- 1,890 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #1,992)
- Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1881 (#909 → #460)
- Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1883 (#540 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #365 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 81 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,963
- Highest: 1 in 3,963 boys born in 1910 were named Buck (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 11.5% of all boys named Buck (759) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 120 | #422 (1885) | #586 |
| 1890s | 157 | #386 (1891) | #511 |
| 1900s | 272 | #378 (1909) | #433 |
| 1910s | 728 | #365 (1910) | #565 |
| 1920s | 759 | #674 (1921) | #759 |
| 1930s | 653 | #697 (1937) | #772 |
| 1940s | 442 | #876 (1941) | #1,015 |
| 1950s | 439 | #969 (1956) | #1,139 |
| 1960s | 473 | #946 (1968) | #1,123 |
| 1970s | 709 | #897 (1976) | #998 |
| 1980s | 727 | #899 (1982) | #1,141 |
| 1990s | 264 | #1,500 (1990) | #3,065 |
| 2000s | 192 | #3,615 (2005) | #4,587 |
| 2010s | 325 | #2,345 (2017) | #3,645 |
| 2020s | 350 | #1,992 (2025) | #2,396 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Buck in 1980
boys
#920
94 births · 1 in 18,978 boys
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 18,978 of them was named Buck, which outranked 87.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).