Budd

Where Budd comes from

From Old English Budda, a nickname of uncertain meaning.
— Wiktionary's entry for Budd
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #641
    9 babies named Budd — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1910
    Budd Johnson born
    American musician
  5. 1916
    Budd Boetticher born
    American film director
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Budd Boetticher · American film director, 1916–2001
  • Budd Johnson · American musician, 1910–1984
  • Budd Friedman · American actor, 1932–2022
  • Budd Albright · American actor, singer, stunt man, and sportsman, born 1936
  • Budd Buster · American actor, 1891–1967

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.