Bubba — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bubba

The Social Security Administration has registered 498 babies named Bubba between 1945 and 2023, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bubba currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bubba performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bubba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Bubba in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bubba 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 498 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.