Boys' name · since 1945
Bubba
Bubba has 503 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,218 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bubba currently ranks #12218 among boys' names in America, with 503 babies recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Bubba recorded 503 times among boys since 1945, holding rank #12218 nationally today, ahead of 12% of boys, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #7,873 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,218 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 503 born since 1945
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bubba ranks #7,873 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,218 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 503 born since 1945, peaking in the 1960s.
- #7,873 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,218 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bubba's 503 recorded births place it above 82.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Bubba compares
503 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bubba's all-time total is 36% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bubba | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 503 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bubba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bubba splits its recorded history at 1968: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bubba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Bubba by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (191 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Bubba's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Bubba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
155 births
- 1960s
1960s
191 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 191 births (38% of all-time use).
How Bubba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Bubba's total volume
Bubba by state
Where Bubba concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 86 | 17.1% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 16 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
86 of 503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Bubba's data
- Bubba's decade-level peak was the 1960s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bubbas (86 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bubba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Bubba 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.