Buzz
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 280since 1934
Buzz over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Buzz has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
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| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
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| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five boys were named Buzz! It came in at #3,679, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Buzz is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Buzz in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1951 at #1,725 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 99,097
- Highest: 1 in 99,097 boys born in 1951 were named Buzz (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 44.3% of all boys named Buzz (124) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,679 (1934) | #3,679 |
| 1940s | 52 | #2,022 (1949) | #2,685 |
| 1950s | 124 | #1,725 (1951) | #2,350 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,884 |
| 1970s | 7 | #3,963 (1972) | #3,963 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,324 |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,265 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 19 | #9,714 (2025) | #10,500 |
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.
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