Bud
Bud is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 233rd, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1928215 births
- Best rank
- #233in 1889
- Since 1880
- 9,489people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,489 boys have been named Bud in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 215 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 215 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bud | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 401 | |
| 1890s | 359 | |
| 1900s | 340 | |
| 1910s | 1,202 | |
| 1920s | 1,882 | |
| 1930s | 1,512 | |
| 1940s | 993 | |
| 1950s | 1,096 | |
| 1960s | 677 | |
| 1970s | 341 | |
| 1980s | 361 | |
| 1990s | 147 | |
| 2000s | 50 | |
| 2010s | 75 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Bud was the 410th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Bud
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fredpeak 1924
- Frankpeak 1918
- Claudepeak 1920
- Lutherpeak 1922
- Adolphuspeak 1922
- Georgepeak 1921
- Harrypeak 1918
- Granvillepeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
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.