Buster
Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 85 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,173since 1880
Buster over time
Rank among boys' names. Buster has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,237 | 37 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,182 | 43 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #889 | 72 | |
| 1956 | — | #924 | 65 | |
| 1955 | — | #942 | 63 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #830 | 71 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #704 | 95 | |
| 1949 | — | #798 | 74 | |
| 1948 | — | #744 | 82 | |
| 1947 | — | #778 | 78 | |
| 1946 | — | #716 | 83 | |
| 1945 | — | #668 | 81 | |
| 1944 | — | #718 | 75 | |
| 1943 | — | #697 | 85 | |
| 1942 | — | #667 | 93 | |
| 1941 | — | #762 | 66 | |
| 1940 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1939 | — | #671 | 78 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | — | #539 | 116 | |
| 1936 | — | #562 | 105 | |
| 1935 | — | #563 | 105 | |
| 1934 | — | #552 | 114 | |
| 1933 | — | #527 | 116 | |
| 1932 | — | #489 | 138 | |
| 1931 | — | #548 | 114 | |
| 1930 | — | #501 | 142 | |
| 1929 | — | #506 | 135 | |
| 1928 | — | #497 | 148 | |
| 1927 | — | #454 | 181 | |
| 1926 | — | #494 | 148 | |
| 1925 | — | #430 | 191 | |
| 1924 | — | #433 | 201 | |
| 1923 | — | #436 | 194 | |
| 1922 | — | #453 | 184 | |
| 1921 | — | #398 | 233 | |
| 1920 | — | #408 | 207 | |
| 1919 | — | #396 | 219 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #379 | 246 |
| 1917 | — | #391 | 206 | |
| 1916 | — | #370 | 219 | |
| 1915 | — | #367 | 214 | |
| 1914 | — | #342 | 186 | |
| 1913 | — | #327 | 155 | |
| 1912 | — | #310 | 140 | |
| 1911 | — | #241 | 110 | |
| 1910 | — | #239 | 98 | |
| 1909 | — | #238 | 85 | |
| 1908 | — | #250 | 71 | |
| 1907 | — | #263 | 64 | |
| 1906 | — | #256 | 60 | |
| 1905 | — | #274 | 52 | |
| 1904 | — | #312 | 40 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #453 | 18 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #424 | 21 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Buster was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Buster
- 334 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,803)
- 231 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,803)
- 1,514 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 333 spots in 1889 (#815 → #482)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1890 (#482 → #739)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #238 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 52 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 1,929 boys born in 1909 were named Buster (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Buster (1,822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 103 | #431 (1886) | #630 |
| 1890s | 141 | #424 (1896) | #555 |
| 1900s | 467 | #238 (1909) | #328 |
| 1910s | 1,793 | #239 (1910) | #336 |
| 1920s | 1,822 | #398 (1921) | #451 |
| 1930s | 1,103 | #489 (1932) | #565 |
| 1940s | 812 | #607 (1940) | #716 |
| 1950s | 694 | #704 (1950) | #898 |
| 1960s | 355 | #1,034 (1960) | #1,357 |
| 1970s | 257 | #1,633 (1979) | #1,857 |
| 1980s | 179 | #2,213 (1980) | #2,880 |
| 1990s | 141 | #3,309 (1990) | #4,457 |
| 2000s | 99 | #5,142 (2001) | #7,484 |
| 2010s | 131 | #5,066 (2014) | #6,412 |
| 2020s | 76 | #4,701 (2022) | #6,936 |
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.
Buster in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Buster, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 4,120 of them was named Buster, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).