Buell

Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464

Peak · boys
1898 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
840
since 1889

Buell over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #885, 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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1975#5,4645
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1971#4,9075
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1964#3,6016
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1962#3,6406
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1960#4,0385
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1956#3,5356
1955#3,5056
1954#2,11414
1953#3,7985
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#2,20712
1949#3,2986
1948#2,6089
1947#2,49810
1946#2,5349
1945#2,5748
1944#2,19511
1943#1,76417
1942#2,04213
1941#2,33310
1940#2,08112
1939#2,4499
1938#1,81815
1937#1,68817
1936#2,06212
1935#2,24611
1934#2,12112
1933#1,45622
1932#1,71618
1931#1,69318
1930#1,55922
1929#2,00215
1928#1,64721
1927#1,26733
1926#1,46625
1925#1,45126
1924#1,28732
1923#1,64422
1922#1,88318
1921#1,26733
1920#1,15738
1919#1,13937
1918#1,34328
1917#1,43724
1916#1,41524
1915#1,18130
1914#1,44118
1913#1,17319
1912#1,35313
1911
1910#1,4216
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1907#1,3455
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1905#1,2335
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1898#8857
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1896#9826
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1892#9566
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1889#9745
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Buell! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Buell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1975
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1898 at #885 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1889–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,526
  • Highest: 1 in 17,526 boys born in 1898 were named Buell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 312,271 boys born in 1975 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 31.3% of all boys named Buell (263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s19#885 (1898)#941
1900s10#1,233 (1905)#1,289
1910s199#1,139 (1919)#1,323
1920s263#1,157 (1920)#1,507
1930s156#1,456 (1933)#1,881
1940s105#1,764 (1943)#2,393
1950s56#2,114 (1954)#3,088
1960s17#3,601 (1964)#3,760
1970s10#4,907 (1971)#5,186

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.

Buell in 1889

boys
#974
5 births · 1 in 22,116 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #974Buell5
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Buell, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buell
  1. #878Williams6
  2. #878Winford6
  3. #878Wright6
  4. #974Buell5
  5. #974Abie5
  6. #974Alphonsus5
  7. #974Alta5

Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

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

See the top 100 for 1889