Buddie

Last seen for girls in 1937 at #4,255 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1909 · 19 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,496
since 1891

Buddie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Buddie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #615, 1909boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1983#6,2385
1982
1981#6,2625
1980#5,5256
1979#6,0565
1978#3,40011
1977
1976
1975
1974#3,8378
1973
1972#3,9637
1971#3,3709
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#2,7609
1966#3,2497
1965
1964#2,8549
1963
1962#3,0418
1961#2,9009
1960
1959#2,11115
1958#2,8189
1957#3,2577
1956#1,88618
1955#2,9648
1954#2,59210
1953#2,7099
1952#2,51410
1951#2,6629
1950#1,87916
1949#1,82017
1948#1,94315
1947#1,91616
1946#2,03013
1945#1,85214
1944#1,73816
1943#1,76417
1942#1,33427
1941#1,41123
1940#1,47121
1939#1,35924
1938#1,04338
1937#4,2555#98241
1936#1,16932
1935#99241
1934#97043
1933#1,10335
1932#1,09038
1931#98345
1930#1,13238
1929#1,23732
1928#1,52224
1927#1,17837
1926#1,21935
1925#99847
1924#1,10742
1923#1,08743
1922#1,14039
1921#1,25234
1920#1,25233
1919#1,29730
1918#1,21133
1917#1,03340
1916#1,12034
1915#1,14132
1914#1,05429
1913#1,20518
1912#1,09518
1911#1,11710
1910#85913
1909#61519
1908#1,0218
1907#1,2006
1906#75211
1905#1,0916
1904#72311
1903#7839
1902#8628
1901
1900#78511
1899
1898
1897#7259
1896
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1894
1893
1892
1891#8416
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Buddie! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Buddie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 406 spots in 1909 (#1,021#615)
  • Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1907 (#752#1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1909 at #615 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1902–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,631
  • Highest: 1 in 8,631 boys born in 1909 were named Buddie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Buddie (375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s15#725 (1897)#783
1900s89#615 (1909)#870
1910s257#859 (1910)#1,113
1920s366#998 (1925)#1,199
1930s375#970 (1934)#1,082
1940s179#1,334 (1942)#1,728
1950s111#1,879 (1950)#2,539
1960s48#2,760 (1967)#3,080
1970s40#3,370 (1971)#4,125
1980s16#5,525 (1980)#6,008

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.

Buddie in 1903

boys
#783
9 births · 1 in 13,248 boys

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #783Buddie9
More about 1903

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 13,248 of them was named Buddie, which outranked 40.0% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buddie
  1. #734Urban10
  2. #734Vester10
  3. #734Wash10
  4. #783Buddie9
  5. #783Alice9
  6. #783Alonza9
  7. #783Arley9
  8. #846Addie8
  9. #846Alejandro8
  10. #846Alma8

Tied with 62 names at #783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 610Garnett#1,137#527
  2. 562Jordan#1,013#451
  3. 561Reynold#1,137#576
  4. 542Artis#1,137#595
  5. 518Josiah#1,137#619
Fallers
  1. 574Hunter#556#1,130
  2. 547Audrey#583#1,130
  3. 479Hayes#651#1,130
  4. 479Hezekiah#651#1,130
  5. 479Oakley#651#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903