Bud

Where Bud comes from

From bud.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bud
  • English
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #276 among boys — 37 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #233
    48 babies named Bud — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #415.
  4. 1924
    Bud Powell born
    American jazz pianist and composer
  5. 1926
    Bud Yorkin born
    American producer, director, and screenwriter
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Bud Powell · American jazz pianist and composer, 1924–1966
  • Bud Yorkin · American producer, director, and screenwriter, 1926–2015
  • Bud Jamison · Actor, 1894–1944
  • Bud Shank · American jazz saxophonist and flautist, 1926–2009
  • Bud Collins · US sports journalist and tennis player, 1929–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.