Buell

Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464

Peak · boys
1898 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
840
since 1889

Buell over time

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Rank among boys' names. Buell has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #885, 1898boys
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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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1975#5,4645
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1971#4,9075
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1964#3,6016
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1962#3,6406
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1960#4,0385
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1956#3,5356
1955#3,5056
1954#2,11414
1953#3,7985
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#2,20712
1949#3,2986
1948#2,6089
1947#2,49810
1946#2,5349
1945#2,5748
1944#2,19511
1943#1,76417
1942#2,04213
1941#2,33310
1940#2,08112
1939#2,4499
1938#1,81815
1937#1,68817
1936#2,06212
1935#2,24611
1934#2,12112
1933#1,45622
1932#1,71618
1931#1,69318
1930#1,55922
1929#2,00215
1928#1,64721
1927#1,26733
1926#1,46625
1925#1,45126
1924#1,28732
1923#1,64422
1922#1,88318
1921#1,26733
1920#1,15738
1919#1,13937
1918#1,34328
1917#1,43724
1916#1,41524
1915#1,18130
1914#1,44118
1913#1,17319
1912#1,35313
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1910#1,4216
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1898#8857
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Buell! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Buell is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedKSArkansas: #352 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,703 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Buell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#352 · 1 in 2,703

Best ever in a state: #310 in Missouri, 1924.

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See more about Buell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1975
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1898 at #885 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1889–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,526
  • Highest: 1 in 17,526 boys born in 1898 were named Buell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 312,271 boys born in 1975 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 31.3% of all boys named Buell (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s19#885 (1898)#941
1900s10#1,233 (1905)#1,289
1910s199#1,139 (1919)#1,323
1920s263#1,157 (1920)#1,507
1930s156#1,456 (1933)#1,881
1940s105#1,764 (1943)#2,393
1950s56#2,114 (1954)#3,088
1960s17#3,601 (1964)#3,760
1970s10#4,907 (1971)#5,186

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.

Buell in 1918

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#1,343
28 births · 1 in 36,196 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #1,343Buell28
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 36,196 of them was named Buell, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buell
  1. #1,313Samual29
  2. #1,313Sanders29
  3. #1,313West29
  4. #1,343Buell28
  5. #1,343Antoine28
  6. #1,343Bedford28
  7. #1,343Bertie28
  8. #1,373Alfonzo27
  9. #1,373Ancil27
  10. #1,373Anson27

Tied with 29 names at #1,343; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →