Buddie
Last seen for girls in 1937 at #4,255 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,496since 1891
Buddie over time
Rank among boys' names. Buddie has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
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| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | — | #1,169 | 32 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #970 | 43 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,090 | 38 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,132 | 38 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,107 | 42 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,087 | 43 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,297 | 30 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,033 | 40 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,120 | 34 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
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| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
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| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
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| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Buddie! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Buddie is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#464 · 1 in 4,929
Best ever in a state: #245 in Tennessee, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #464 | 5 | 1 in 4,929 |
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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 Buddie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 406 spots in 1909 (#1,021 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1907 (#752 → #1,200)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1909 at #615 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1902–1904
- Highest: 1 in 8,631 boys born in 1909 were named Buddie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Buddie (375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #725 (1897) | #783 |
| 1900s | 89 | #615 (1909) | #870 |
| 1910s | 257 | #859 (1910) | #1,113 |
| 1920s | 366 | #998 (1925) | #1,199 |
| 1930s | 375 | #970 (1934) | #1,082 |
| 1940s | 179 | #1,334 (1942) | #1,728 |
| 1950s | 111 | #1,879 (1950) | #2,539 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,760 (1967) | #3,080 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,125 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,008 |
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.
Buddie in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
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848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 26,518 of them was named Buddie, which outranked 74.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,124Wardell33
- #1,124Wayman33
- #1,124Welton33
- #1,141Buddie32
- #1,141Buel32
- #1,141Burnice32
- #1,141Cicero32
- #1,159Anna31
- #1,159Attilio31
- #1,159Auther31
Tied with 17 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.