Buren

Last seen for boys in 1974 at #4,634

Peak · boys
1901 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
734
since 1893

Buren over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Buren has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #943, 1901boys
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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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1974#4,6346
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1970#3,8367
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1962#4,0335
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1960#2,53511
1959#3,6196
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1957#3,9935
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1955#3,2017
1954#3,4526
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1951#2,36711
1950#3,6815
1949#2,8028
1948#3,0107
1947#2,35611
1946#2,27111
1945#1,77215
1944#2,4679
1943#2,5639
1942#2,14512
1941#1,68517
1940#2,17911
1939#2,28810
1938#2,4799
1937#2,9057
1936#1,72316
1935#2,5299
1934#2,26611
1933#1,90514
1932#1,58420
1931#1,69318
1930#1,96415
1929#1,84817
1928#1,70720
1927#1,46826
1926#1,60522
1925#1,62822
1924#1,57724
1923#2,12315
1922#1,64422
1921#1,44827
1920#1,41627
1919#1,35128
1918#1,59622
1917#1,32227
1916#1,09635
1915#1,18130
1914#1,38819
1913#1,67611
1912#1,7469
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1901#9436
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Buren! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Buren is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #245 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,864 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #340 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,143 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedHITexas: #736 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,653 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Buren, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#245 · 1 in 1,864
  2. North Carolina#340 · 1 in 3,143
  3. Texas#736 · 1 in 7,653

Best ever in a state: #245 in West Virginia, 1916.

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North Carolina#34081 in 3,143
Texas#73651 in 7,653
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See more about Buren
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1901 at #943 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
  • Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Buren (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 262,056 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.2% of all boys named Buren (222) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,068
1900s6#943 (1901)#943
1910s188#1,096 (1916)#1,408
1920s222#1,416 (1920)#1,646
1930s129#1,584 (1932)#2,134
1940s110#1,685 (1941)#2,325
1950s40#2,367 (1951)#3,386
1960s16#2,535 (1960)#3,284
1970s13#3,836 (1970)#4,235

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.

Buren in 1916

boys
#1,096
35 births · 1 in 25,431 boys

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #1,096Buren35
More about 1916

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 25,431 of them was named Buren, which outranked 75.8% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buren
  1. #1,072Orlin36
  2. #1,072Shigeo36
  3. #1,072Vicente36
  4. #1,096Buren35
  5. #1,096Alcide35
  6. #1,096Anna35
  7. #1,096Boris35
  8. #1,120Annie34
  9. #1,120Arlin34
  10. #1,120Bishop34

Tied with 23 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
  2. ↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
  3. ↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
  4. ↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
  5. ↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
  4. ↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →