Boys' name · since 1900
Bub
Bub has 54 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
54 boys have been named Bub since 1900, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bub has been recorded 54 times among boys since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1959.
- #21,621 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 54 born since 1900
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bub ranks #21,621 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1900, peaking in the 1910s.
- #21,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bub's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bub's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bub splits its recorded history at 1920: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bub popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1959
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Bub by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (18 births, 33% of the file).
1910s was Bub's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Bub births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 18 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bub's data
- Bub's decade-level peak was the 1910s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bub: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1900–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bub draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.