Bucky
Bucky is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197950 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1931
- 1,027people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,027 boys have been named Bucky in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 50 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1970s alone account for 26%.
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Bucky was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1979 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Bucky
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donnypeak 1977
- Reggiepeak 1979
- Jeronepeak 1980
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Terrillpeak 1975
- Dewaynepeak 1962
- Nickypeak 1959
- Raynaldopeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.