Bison — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bison

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Bison between 2011 and 2023, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bison currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bison performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bison shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bison in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.