Buell

Where Buell comes from

Buell hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #974 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #885
    7 babies named Buell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1900
    Buell Kazee born
    American singer
  5. 1936
    Buell Neidlinger born
    American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Buell Neidlinger · American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist, 1936–2018
  • Buell Kazee · American singer, 1900–1976

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.