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
#615
1909 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1891
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,496
since 1891

Buddie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #615, 1909boys
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1983—#6,2385
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1981—#6,2625
1980—#5,5256
1979—#6,0565
1978—#3,40011
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1956—#1,88618
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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
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1938—#1,04338
1937#4,2555#98241
1936—#1,16932
1935—#99241
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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
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1920—#1,25233
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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
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1902—#8628
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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.

Where Buddie is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,142 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #428 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,841 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Buddie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#409 · 1 in 5,142
  2. North Carolina#428 · 1 in 5,841

Best ever in a state: #245 in Tennessee, 1914.

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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 1937

girls
#4,255
5 births · 1 in 212,807 girls
boys
#982
41 births · 1 in 26,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #4,255Buddie5

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #982Buddie41
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 212,807 of them was named Buddie, which outranked 13.7% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buddie
  1. #3,800Zelta6
  2. #3,800Zeola6
  3. #3,800Zondra6
  4. #4,255Buddie5
  5. #4,255Aaron5
  6. #4,255Adair5
  7. #4,255Adel5

Tied with 675 names at #4,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 26,016 of them was named Buddie, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buddie
  1. #967Reese42
  2. #967Rose42
  3. #967Verlyn42
  4. #982Buddie41
  5. #982Adolphus41
  6. #982Alice41
  7. #982Aloysius41
  8. #1,000Armond40
  9. #1,000Cloyd40
  10. #1,000Earlie40

Tied with 17 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →