Buck

#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births

Peak · boys
#365
1910 · 49 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,610
since 1880

Buck over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Buck has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #365, 1910boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,99276
2024#2,47655
2023#2,12968
2022#2,67549
2021#2,37357
2020#2,72845
2019#2,76645
2018#3,17136
2017#2,34555
2016#3,05938
2015#3,88227
2014#2,84741
2013#4,18023
2012#4,25123
2011#5,43316
2010#4,51721
2009#4,58221
2008#4,26723
2007#4,37522
2006#5,07217
2005#3,61526
2004#4,00522
2003#5,87712
2002#4,18819
2001#4,30218
2000#5,58812
1999#4,16217
1998#3,59720
1997#4,45114
1996#2,91125
1995#3,19121
1994#3,03023
1993#3,14121
1992#1,91442
1991#2,75324
1990#1,50057
1989#1,36265
1988#1,48251
1987#1,29557
1986#1,18864
1985#1,21461
1984#1,09667
1983#1,03573
1982#89999
1981#91496
1980#92094
1979#90693
1978#98976
1977#92185
1976#89785
1975#1,16053
1974#1,04562
1973#1,05459
1972#98867
1971#1,09156
1970#93173
1969#1,00858
1968#94659
1967#1,27435
1966#1,19439
1965#1,27136
1964#1,12646
1963#1,19542
1962#1,04653
1961#1,19644
1960#97361
1959#1,01258
1958#1,37032
1957#1,16544
1956#96959
1955#1,10545
1954#1,13743
1953#1,10244
1952#1,22736
1951#1,21836
1950#1,08642
1949#1,07243
1948#1,00149
1947#1,08145
1946#98047
1945#99541
1944#1,13534
1943#1,07440
1942#1,00744
1941#87652
1940#92947
1939#99241
1938#86052
1937#69774
1936#71470
1935#71672
1934#75166
1933#72171
1932#72973
1931#75667
1930#78267
1929#93052
1928#73875
1927#79969
1926#73775
1925#71083
1924#84965
1923#71882
1922#75477
1921#67492
1920#67789
1919#597102
1918#64192
1917#64086
1916#59795
1915#64780
1914#63264
1913#57957
1912#52157
1911#42646
1910#36549
1909#37840
1908#40334
1907#38833
1906#45624
1905#41027
1904#37929
1903#40124
1902#52117
1901#59612
1900#39332
1899#40221
1898#50517
1897#49516
1896#46219
1895#60912
1894#59412
1893#50914
1892#48017
1891#38620
1890#6679
1889#6739
1888#44218
1887#46114
1886#54012
1885#42218
1884#52013
1883#8925
1882#54012
1881#46014
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Buck was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Buck
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 484 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #1,992)
  • 736 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #1,992)
  • 1,890 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #1,992)
  • Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1881 (#909 → #460)
  • Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1883 (#540 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #365 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 81 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,963
  • Highest: 1 in 3,963 boys born in 1910 were named Buck (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.5% of all boys named Buck (759) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s120#422 (1885)#586
1890s157#386 (1891)#511
1900s272#378 (1909)#433
1910s728#365 (1910)#565
1920s759#674 (1921)#759
1930s653#697 (1937)#772
1940s442#876 (1941)#1,015
1950s439#969 (1956)#1,139
1960s473#946 (1968)#1,123
1970s709#897 (1976)#998
1980s727#899 (1982)#1,141
1990s264#1,500 (1990)#3,065
2000s192#3,615 (2005)#4,587
2010s325#2,345 (2017)#3,645
2020s350#1,992 (2025)#2,396

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.

Buck in 1969

boys
#1,008
58 births · 1 in 30,831 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,008Buck58
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 30,831 of them was named Buck, which outranked 80.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buck
  1. #1,000Jame59
  2. #1,000Lupe59
  3. #1,000Norberto59
  4. #1,008Buck58
  5. #1,008Damion58
  6. #1,008Deandre58
  7. #1,008Delano58
  8. #1,017Dick57
  9. #1,017Donavon57
  10. #1,017Emerson57

Tied with 8 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →