Buel

Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986

Peak · boys
1898 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,135
since 1888

Buel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Buel has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #804, 1898boys
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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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1972#4,9865
1971
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1969#4,4045
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1966#2,7849
1965#3,9305
1964#3,6016
1963
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1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#3,0378
1958
1957#2,63110
1956#2,7989
1955#2,9648
1954#3,8275
1953#2,7099
1952#2,51410
1951#2,8448
1950#2,20712
1949#1,75418
1948
1947#1,98815
1946#2,14312
1945#1,92613
1944#2,08012
1943#1,52921
1942#1,94614
1941#1,63318
1940#1,68017
1939#2,05012
1938#1,74116
1937#1,68817
1936#1,41722
1935#1,58419
1934#1,49821
1933#1,45622
1932#1,32427
1931#1,36126
1930#1,28331
1929#1,23732
1928#1,12539
1927#1,17837
1926#1,09242
1925#1,12139
1924#1,18737
1923#1,32230
1922#85065
1921#1,12240
1920#1,20836
1919#1,12238
1918#1,19234
1917#1,29128
1916#1,50522
1915#1,14132
1914#1,18824
1913#1,04923
1912#1,26814
1911
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,1137
1907#1,2006
1906#1,0047
1905
1904#1,0646
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1898#8048
1897#9426
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1888#1,0315
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Buel! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Buel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
  • Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1922 (#1,122#850)
  • Biggest drop: 472 spots in 1923 (#850#1,322)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1898 at #804 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1897–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,336
  • Highest: 1 in 15,336 boys born in 1898 were named Buel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 35.0% of all boys named Buel (397) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s14#804 (1898)#873
1900s31#1,004 (1906)#1,164
1910s215#1,049 (1913)#1,220
1920s397#850 (1922)#1,144
1930s213#1,283 (1930)#1,540
1940s140#1,529 (1943)#1,853
1950s79#2,207 (1950)#2,837
1960s36#2,784 (1966)#3,735
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986

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.

Buel in 1926

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#1,092
42 births · 1 in 26,441 boys

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #1,092Buel42
More about 1926

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 26,441 of them was named Buel, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buel
  1. #1,064Verner43
  2. #1,064Welton43
  3. #1,064Wyatt43
  4. #1,092Buel42
  5. #1,092Annie42
  6. #1,092Arland42
  7. #1,092Arnulfo42
  8. #1,108Alvah41
  9. #1,108Bart41
  10. #1,108Benjaman41

Tied with 15 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926