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.

Buell

#5,337 most common boys' name of all time · #13,273 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1889–1975

Rank among boys
#5,337
Rank overall
#13,273 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
840
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,170
Best rank
#987 1898
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1900192019401960

Buell first appears in 1889. 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
1975 — 5 5 #5,545
1971 — 5 5 #4,989
1964 — 6 6 #3,673
1962 — 6 6 #3,697
1960 — 5 5 #4,117
1956 — 6 6 #3,602
1955 — 6 6 #3,572
1954 — 14 14 #2,147
1953 — 5 5 #3,879
1952 — 7 7 #3,147
1951 — 6 6 #3,439
1950 — 12 12 #2,242
1949 — 6 6 #3,372
1948 — 9 9 #2,646
1947 — 10 10 #2,554
1946 — 9 9 #2,579
1945 — 8 8 #2,625
1944 — 11 11 #2,236
1943 — 17 17 #1,793
1942 — 13 13 #2,075
1941 — 10 10 #2,388
1940 — 12 12 #2,117
1939 — 9 9 #2,493
1938 — 15 15 #1,852
1937 — 17 17 #1,718
1936 — 12 12 #2,111
1935 — 11 11 #2,295
1934 — 12 12 #2,174
1933 — 22 22 #1,477
1932 — 18 18 #1,745
1931 — 18 18 #1,729
1930 — 22 22 #1,579
1929 — 15 15 #2,039
1928 — 21 21 #1,675
1927 — 33 33 #1,282
1926 — 25 25 #1,489
1925 — 26 26 #1,473
1924 — 32 32 #1,302
1923 — 22 22 #1,668
1922 — 18 18 #1,909
1921 — 33 33 #1,282
1920 — 38 38 #1,170
1919 — 37 37 #1,150
1918 — 28 28 #1,364
1917 — 24 24 #1,463
1916 — 24 24 #1,441
1915 — 30 30 #1,204
1914 — 18 18 #1,469
1913 — 19 19 #1,193
1912 — 13 13 #1,389
1910 — 6 6 #1,512
1907 — 5 5 #1,451
1905 — 5 5 #1,349
1898 — 7 7 #987
1896 — 6 6 #1,078
1892 — 6 6 #1,053
1889 — 5 5 #1,097