Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Buddy

#774 most common boys' name of all time · #1,743 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#774
Rank overall
#1,743 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
22,585
Since 2016
281
Peak year
1935 #202
Best rank
#202 1935
Girls Boys peak 604/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Buddy first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,403
2024 — 29 29 #3,795
2023 — 39 39 #3,125
2022 — 32 32 #3,544
2021 — 35 35 #3,302
2020 — 24 24 #4,149
2019 — 18 18 #5,163
2018 — 23 23 #4,366
2017 — 28 28 #3,793
2016 — 30 30 #3,606
2015 — 27 27 #3,890
2014 — 35 35 #3,165
2013 — 23 23 #4,193
2012 — 38 38 #3,007
2011 — 27 27 #3,805
2010 — 22 22 #4,371
2009 — 43 43 #2,803
2008 — 28 28 #3,753
2007 — 32 32 #3,388
2006 — 25 25 #3,898
2005 — 41 41 #2,660
2004 — 37 37 #2,794
2003 — 40 40 #2,549
2002 — 35 35 #2,690
2001 — 36 36 #2,626
2000 — 40 40 #2,384
1999 — 29 29 #2,875
1998 — 44 44 #2,096
1997 — 55 55 #1,755
1996 — 45 45 #1,963
1995 — 41 41 #2,034
1994 — 48 48 #1,805
1993 — 78 78 #1,288
1992 — 65 65 #1,420
1991 — 80 80 #1,245
1990 — 98 98 #1,073
1989 — 97 97 #1,060
1988 — 104 104 #944
1987 — 116 116 #866
1986 — 121 121 #827
1985 — 116 116 #837
1984 — 130 130 #760
1983 — 138 138 #735
1982 — 174 174 #660
1981 — 156 156 #691
1980 6 139 145 #746
1979 — 168 168 #659
1978 — 174 174 #631
1977 — 185 185 #618
1976 — 170 170 #630
1975 — 179 179 #609
1974 — 174 174 #610
1973 — 205 205 #551
1972 — 231 231 #519
1971 — 215 215 #549
1970 — 188 188 #592
1969 — 213 213 #539
1968 — 191 191 #546
1967 — 213 213 #514
1966 — 217 217 #514
1965 — 259 259 #483
1964 — 279 279 #474
1963 — 303 303 #454
1962 — 336 336 #435
1961 — 377 377 #406
1960 — 356 356 #425
1959 — 318 318 #450
1958 — 350 350 #419
1957 — 354 354 #414
1956 — 346 346 #408
1955 — 356 356 #381
1954 — 330 330 #395
1953 — 331 331 #381
1952 — 315 315 #387
1951 — 370 370 #359
1950 — 379 379 #347
1949 — 344 344 #364
1948 — 354 354 #359
1947 — 378 378 #350
1946 — 366 366 #337
1945 — 322 322 #333
1944 — 401 401 #299
1943 5 430 435 #296
1942 5 501 506 #266
1941 — 456 456 #263
1940 5 448 453 #264
1939 — 499 499 #233
1938 7 522 529 #229
1937 — 551 551 #216
1936 5 524 529 #221
1935 — 604 604 #202
1934 — 517 517 #227
1933 — 519 519 #222
1932 — 467 467 #248
1931 — 464 464 #248
1930 — 437 437 #270
1929 — 355 355 #295
1928 6 251 257 #369
1927 — 260 260 #364
1926 — 226 226 #394
1925 6 172 178 #462
1924 — 177 177 #463
1923 — 130 130 #538
1922 — 126 126 #567
1921 — 112 112 #599
1920 — 103 103 #626
1919 — 94 94 #626
1918 — 97 97 #627
1917 — 72 72 #735
1916 — 69 69 #732
1915 — 64 64 #755
1914 — 67 67 #620
1913 — 51 51 #627
1912 — 34 34 #752
1911 — 16 16 #852
1910 — 40 40 #439
1909 — 15 15 #753
1908 — 15 15 #710
1907 — 18 18 #614
1906 — 15 15 #638
1905 — 8 8 #993
1904 — 11 11 #756
1903 — 6 6 #1,113
1902 — 15 15 #581
1901 — 8 8 #854
1900 — 10 10 #899
1899 — 5 5 #1,181
1898 — 5 5 #1,257
1896 — 11 11 #720
1894 — 7 7 #944
1893 — 5 5 #1,160