Bud

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#233
1889 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1880
37 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,502
since 1880

Bud over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bud has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #233, 1889boys
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.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#6,19914
2023#6,51713
2022#6,14714
2021#12,1465
2020#8,7398
2019—
2018#6,34513
2017#7,09511
2016#7,60510
2015#8,7448
2014#6,63212
2013#9,6557
2012—
2011#10,8086
2010#8,8038
2009—
2008—
2007#6,62212
2006#6,09413
2005—
2004—
2003#7,2459
2002—
2001#6,44510
2000#9,1126
1999#7,8747
1998#6,8438
1997#5,28811
1996#4,18515
1995#5,12411
1994#5,10911
1993#3,04222
1992#4,32713
1991#3,10520
1990#2,37329
1989#2,10633
1988#1,94933
1987#1,86434
1986#1,87332
1985#1,67237
1984#2,29222
1983#1,37546
1982#1,53940
1981#1,45643
1980#1,49641
1979#1,71133
1978#1,65233
1977#1,82328
1976#1,82827
1975#1,45537
1974#1,54632
1973#1,54831
1972#1,36438
1971#1,28942
1970#1,31440
1969#1,23141
1968#1,05749
1967#1,10245
1966#1,02750
1965#85973
1964#95863
1963#89170
1962#89173
1961#78594
1960#715119
1959#644142
1958#703113
1957#671129
1956#74996
1955#663121
1954#77285
1953#714100
1952#70399
1951#71993
1950#637118
1949#606127
1948#671101
1947#668106
1946#630104
1945#66482
1944#62397
1943#68188
1942#603109
1941#67183
1940#60296
1939#58796
1938#551110
1937#504130
1936#450156
1935#458153
1934#444162
1933#426166
1932#461154
1931#390208
1930#441177
1929#440180
1928#410215
1927#424205
1926#441187
1925#455176
1924#465174
1923#443189
1922#464179
1921#448190
1920#444187
1919#450169
1918#437183
1917#428176
1916#455153
1915#488130
1914#49398
1913#46089
1912#40890
1911#34962
1910#35352
1909#41935
1908#36040
1907#40531
1906#33039
1905#36033
1904#33536
1903#34032
1902#41524
1901#32530
1900#34340
1899#36225
1898#32036
1897#27243
1896#31535
1895#31633
1894#29535
1893#28637
1892#29239
1891#30829
1890#24647
1889#23348
1888#25248
1887#27036
1886#29833
1885#24844
1884#26442
1883#25342
1882#29833
1881#25738
1880#27637
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bud was already there! It came in at #276, and was given to 37 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bud
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 604 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,803)
  • 1,936 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,803)
  • 1,941 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1955 (#772 → #663)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1966 (#859 → #1,027)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #233 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,304
  • Highest: 1 in 2,304 boys born in 1889 were named Bud (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Bud (1,882) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s401#233 (1889)#265
1890s359#246 (1890)#301
1900s340#325 (1901)#363
1910s1,202#349 (1911)#432
1920s1,882#410 (1928)#443
1930s1,512#390 (1931)#471
1940s993#602 (1940)#642
1950s1,096#637 (1950)#698
1960s677#715 (1960)#952
1970s341#1,289 (1971)#1,553
1980s361#1,375 (1983)#1,762
1990s147#2,373 (1990)#4,727
2000s50#6,094 (2006)#7,104
2010s75#6,345 (2018)#8,211
2020s66#6,147 (2022)#7,759

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.

Bud in 1982

boys
#1,539
40 births · 1 in 45,361 boys

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #1,539Bud40
More about 1982

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 45,361 of them was named Bud, which outranked 79.1% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bud
  1. #1,514Stevan41
  2. #1,514Thor41
  3. #1,514Trevis41
  4. #1,539Bud40
  5. #1,539Anthoney40
  6. #1,539Antwone40
  7. #1,539April40
  8. #1,563Abner39
  9. #1,563Adolph39
  10. #1,563Ajay39

Tied with 23 names at #1,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →