Buel
Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,135since 1888
Buel over time
Rank among boys' names. Buel has never cracked the top 800 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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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #850 | 65 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,208 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,122 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
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| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Buel! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Buel is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#354 · 1 in 4,647
- Texas#889 · 1 in 11,606
Best ever in a state: #203 in Arkansas, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #354 | 6 | 1 in 4,647 |
| Texas | #889 | 5 | 1 in 11,606 |
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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 Buel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1922 (#1,122 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 472 spots in 1923 (#850 → #1,322)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1898 at #804 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1897–1898
- Highest: 1 in 15,336 boys born in 1898 were named Buel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 35.0% of all boys named Buel (397) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 14 | #804 (1898) | #873 |
| 1900s | 31 | #1,004 (1906) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 215 | #1,049 (1913) | #1,220 |
| 1920s | 397 | #850 (1922) | #1,144 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,283 (1930) | #1,540 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,529 (1943) | #1,853 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,207 (1950) | #2,837 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,735 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
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.
Buel in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 28,400 of them was named Buel, which outranked 76.2% 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).
- #1,111Sigmund40
- #1,111Vergil40
- #1,111Wylie40
- #1,125Buel39
- #1,125Alonza39
- #1,125Armin39
- #1,125Cameron39
- #1,147Arne38
- #1,147Conley38
- #1,147Dorris38
Tied with 21 names at #1,125; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.