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

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Peak · boys
#238
1909 · 85 births
Debut · boys
1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,173
since 1880

Buster over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Buster has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #238, 1909boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,80312
2024—#6,46913
2023—#6,89712
2022—#4,70121
2021—#9,7147
2020—#7,03411
2019—#6,77712
2018—#7,61710
2017—#6,33813
2016—#6,34913
2015—#5,28917
2014—#5,06618
2013—#6,60312
2012—#7,05011
2011—#5,94514
2010—#7,08711
2009—#8,9858
2008—#7,18711
2007—#6,26213
2006—#10,6626
2005—#5,57814
2004—#6,97610
2003—#9,5816
2002—#7,0559
2001—#5,14214
2000—#7,4168
1999—#6,04210
1998—#5,46611
1997—#5,64210
1996—#4,61313
1995—#3,43219
1994—#4,80312
1993—#4,02015
1992—#3,60417
1991—#3,63616
1990—#3,30918
1989—#4,27112
1988—#3,20316
1987—#3,73112
1986—#3,13115
1985—#2,82817
1984—#2,29222
1983—#2,34121
1982—#2,51819
1981—#2,27022
1980—#2,21323
1979—#1,63335
1978—#1,91326
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,82827
1975—#2,06522
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,03620
1972—#1,64828
1971—#1,70527
1970—#1,98920
1969—#1,44031
1968—#1,73121
1967—#1,80919
1966—#1,23737
1965—#1,16342
1964—#1,35034
1963—#1,40331
1962—#1,13746
1961—#1,26239
1960—#1,03455
1959—#1,18243
1958—#1,02655
1957—#88972
1956—#92465
1955—#94263
1954—#95260
1953—#80579
1952—#83071
1951—#72691
1950—#70495
1949—#79874
1948—#74482
1947—#77878
1946—#71683
1945—#66881
1944—#71875
1943—#69785
1942—#66793
1941—#76266
1940—#60795
1939—#67178
1938—#70075
1937—#539116
1936—#562105
1935—#563105
1934—#552114
1933—#527116
1932—#489138
1931—#548114
1930—#501142
1929—#506135
1928—#497148
1927—#454181
1926—#494148
1925—#430191
1924—#433201
1923—#436194
1922—#453184
1921—#398233
1920—#408207
1919—#396219
1918#4,8095#379246
1917—#391206
1916—#370219
1915—#367214
1914—#342186
1913—#327155
1912—#310140
1911—#241110
1910—#23998
1909—#23885
1908—#25071
1907—#26364
1906—#25660
1905—#27452
1904—#31240
1903—#41123
1902—#36729
1901—#45318
1900—#45525
1899—#48116
1898—#66311
1897—#43819
1896—#42421
1895—#50116
1894—#52115
1893—#53813
1892—#7489
1891—#49713
1890—#7398
1889—#48215
1888—#8157
1887—#58310
1886—#43117
1885—#49814
1884—#57011
1883—#7207
1882—#6529
1881—#8665
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1909 at #238 (85 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,929
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Buster (1,822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s103#431 (1886)#630
1890s141#424 (1896)#555
1900s467#238 (1909)#328
1910s1,793#239 (1910)#336
1920s1,822#398 (1921)#451
1930s1,103#489 (1932)#565
1940s812#607 (1940)#716
1950s694#704 (1950)#898
1960s355#1,034 (1960)#1,357
1970s257#1,633 (1979)#1,857
1980s179#2,213 (1980)#2,880
1990s141#3,309 (1990)#4,457
2000s99#5,142 (2001)#7,484
2010s131#5,066 (2014)#6,412
2020s76#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 1966

boys
#1,237
37 births · 1 in 48,202 boys

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #1,237Buster37
More about 1966

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 48,202 of them was named Buster, which outranked 72.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buster
  1. #1,216Stephanie38
  2. #1,216Valentine38
  3. #1,216Windell38
  4. #1,237Buster37
  5. #1,237Abner37
  6. #1,237Candido37
  7. #1,237Chaim37
  8. #1,259Adrain36
  9. #1,259Alonza36
  10. #1,259Bartley36

Tied with 21 names at #1,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →