Buddy

Where Buddy comes from

From buddy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Buddy
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Buddy Ebsen born
    American actor and dancer
  3. 1935
    Peak, #202
    604 babies named Buddy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #473.
  5. 1992
    Buddy Hield born
    Bahamian basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Buddy Ebsen · American actor and dancer, 1908–2003
  • Buddy Hield · Bahamian basketball player, born 1992
  • Buddy MacKay · American politician, 1933–2024
  • Buddy Miles · American rock and funk drummer, 1947–2008
  • Buddy DeFranco · American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, 1923–2014

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.