Budd

Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178

Peak · boys
1885 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,090
since 1880

Budd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Budd has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #641, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1990#7,1786
1989#6,2297
1988#5,2008
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1986#4,8538
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1984#3,45912
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1980#3,61511
1979#5,3556
1978#4,1578
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1976#5,5875
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1974#5,2275
1973#5,1015
1972#4,4416
1971#3,9637
1970#3,5218
1969#4,4045
1968#3,3657
1967#2,47011
1966#2,62710
1965#2,17814
1964#2,04016
1963#2,8589
1962#2,67310
1961#2,07016
1960#2,8719
1959#2,11115
1958#2,09315
1957#1,88718
1956#1,88618
1955#2,30212
1954#2,04415
1953#2,18613
1952#2,51410
1951#1,72519
1950#2,7708
1949#2,6069
1948#2,02714
1947#1,69620
1946#1,69218
1945#2,13111
1944#2,30910
1943#1,69918
1942#1,86715
1941#1,99713
1940#1,89414
1939#1,95813
1938#1,97613
1937#1,68817
1936#1,87214
1935#1,83715
1934#1,93214
1933#1,82915
1932#1,84816
1931#1,84316
1930#1,49624
1929#2,00215
1928#1,48025
1927#1,46826
1926#1,60522
1925#1,49325
1924#1,72721
1923#1,23534
1922#2,04016
1921#1,82919
1920#1,59223
1919#1,48124
1918#1,53923
1917#1,58721
1916#1,54921
1915#1,41023
1914#1,44118
1913#1,36515
1912#1,52711
1911#1,5376
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1896#9826
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1893#1,0355
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1886#7587
1885#6419
1884#7647
1883#7996
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1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Budd was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Budd is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #453 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,005 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Budd, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#453 · 1 in 12,005

Best ever in a state: #425 in Pennsylvania, 1930.

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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 Budd
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
  • Biggest jump: 123 spots in 1885 (#764 → #641)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1886 (#641 → #758)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #641 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1883–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,978
  • Highest: 1 in 11,978 boys born in 1885 were named Budd (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,340 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all boys named Budd (226) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#641 (1885)#774
1890s11#982 (1896)#1,009
1900s6#943 (1901)#943
1910s162#1,365 (1913)#1,493
1920s226#1,235 (1923)#1,647
1930s157#1,496 (1930)#1,828
1940s142#1,692 (1946)#1,992
1950s143#1,725 (1951)#2,152
1960s107#2,040 (1964)#2,756
1970s50#3,521 (1970)#4,669
1980s46#3,459 (1984)#4,671
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178

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.

Budd in 1928

boys
#1,480
25 births · 1 in 44,305 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,480Budd25
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 44,305 of them was named Budd, which outranked 68.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Budd
  1. #1,448Osborne26
  2. #1,448Presley26
  3. #1,448Shannon26
  4. #1,480Budd25
  5. #1,480Alvan25
  6. #1,480Ancil25
  7. #1,480Chalmer25
  8. #1,522Anastacio24
  9. #1,522Ann24
  10. #1,522Broadus24

Tied with 41 names at #1,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928 →