Bud
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 37 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,502since 1880
Bud over time
Rank among boys' names. Bud has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #1,375 | 46 |
| 1982 | #1,539 | 40 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | #1,314 | 40 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,057 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,102 | 45 |
| 1966 | #1,027 | 50 |
| 1965 | #859 | 73 |
| 1964 | #958 | 63 |
| 1963 | #891 | 70 |
| 1962 | #891 | 73 |
| 1961 | #785 | 94 |
| 1960 | #715 | 119 |
| 1959 | #644 | 142 |
| 1958 | #703 | 113 |
| 1957 | #671 | 129 |
| 1956 | #749 | 96 |
| 1955 | #663 | 121 |
| 1954 | #772 | 85 |
| 1953 | #714 | 100 |
| 1952 | #703 | 99 |
| 1951 | #719 | 93 |
| 1950 | #637 | 118 |
| 1949 | #606 | 127 |
| 1948 | #671 | 101 |
| 1947 | #668 | 106 |
| 1946 | #630 | 104 |
| 1945 | #664 | 82 |
| 1944 | #623 | 97 |
| 1943 | #681 | 88 |
| 1942 | #603 | 109 |
| 1941 | #671 | 83 |
| 1940 | #602 | 96 |
| 1939 | #587 | 96 |
| 1938 | #551 | 110 |
| 1937 | #504 | 130 |
| 1936 | #450 | 156 |
| 1935 | #458 | 153 |
| 1934 | #444 | 162 |
| 1933 | #426 | 166 |
| 1932 | #461 | 154 |
| 1931 | #390 | 208 |
| 1930 | #441 | 177 |
| 1929 | #440 | 180 |
| 1928 | #410 | 215 |
| 1927 | #424 | 205 |
| 1926 | #441 | 187 |
| 1925 | #455 | 176 |
| 1924 | #465 | 174 |
| 1923 | #443 | 189 |
| 1922 | #464 | 179 |
| 1921 | #448 | 190 |
| 1920 | #444 | 187 |
| 1919 | #450 | 169 |
| 1918 | #437 | 183 |
| 1917 | #428 | 176 |
| 1916 | #455 | 153 |
| 1915 | #488 | 130 |
| 1914 | #493 | 98 |
| 1913 | #460 | 89 |
| 1912 | #408 | 90 |
| 1911 | #349 | 62 |
| 1910 | #353 | 52 |
| 1909 | #419 | 35 |
| 1908 | #360 | 40 |
| 1907 | #405 | 31 |
| 1906 | #330 | 39 |
| 1905 | #360 | 33 |
| 1904 | #335 | 36 |
| 1903 | #340 | 32 |
| 1902 | #415 | 24 |
| 1901 | #325 | 30 |
| 1900 | #343 | 40 |
| 1899 | #362 | 25 |
| 1898 | #320 | 36 |
| 1897 | #272 | 43 |
| 1896 | #315 | 35 |
| 1895 | #316 | 33 |
| 1894 | #295 | 35 |
| 1893 | #286 | 37 |
| 1892 | #292 | 39 |
| 1891 | #308 | 29 |
| 1890 | #246 | 47 |
| 1889 | #233 | 48 |
| 1888 | #252 | 48 |
| 1887 | #270 | 36 |
| 1886 | #298 | 33 |
| 1885 | #248 | 44 |
| 1884 | #264 | 42 |
| 1883 | #253 | 42 |
| 1882 | #298 | 33 |
| 1881 | #257 | 38 |
| 1880 | #276 | 37 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bud was already there! It came in at #276, and was given to 37 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bud is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#383 · 1 in 5,314
- California#807 · 1 in 18,579
Best ever in a state: #97 in Montana, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #383 | 5 | 1 in 5,314 |
| California | #807 | 9 | 1 in 18,579 |
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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.
See more about Bud
- 604 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,803)
- 1,936 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,803)
- 1,941 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1955 (#772 → #663)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1966 (#859 → #1,027)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #233 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
- Highest: 1 in 2,304 boys born in 1889 were named Bud (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Bud (1,882) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 401 | #233 (1889) | #265 |
| 1890s | 359 | #246 (1890) | #301 |
| 1900s | 340 | #325 (1901) | #363 |
| 1910s | 1,202 | #349 (1911) | #432 |
| 1920s | 1,882 | #410 (1928) | #443 |
| 1930s | 1,512 | #390 (1931) | #471 |
| 1940s | 993 | #602 (1940) | #642 |
| 1950s | 1,096 | #637 (1950) | #698 |
| 1960s | 677 | #715 (1960) | #952 |
| 1970s | 341 | #1,289 (1971) | #1,553 |
| 1980s | 361 | #1,375 (1983) | #1,762 |
| 1990s | 147 | #2,373 (1990) | #4,727 |
| 2000s | 50 | #6,094 (2006) | #7,104 |
| 2010s | 75 | #6,345 (2018) | #8,211 |
| 2020s | 66 | #6,147 (2022) | #7,759 |
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.
Bud in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 35,469 of them was named Bud, which outranked 77.7% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,047Roderic50
- #1,047Valentin50
- #1,047Vernell50
- #1,057Bud49
- #1,057Delano49
- #1,057Efren49
- #1,057Karen49
- #1,068Artie48
- #1,068Bartholomew48
- #1,068Booker48
Tied with 10 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.