Bud — #6444 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bud

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,489 babies named Bud between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bud currently holds the #6444 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 215 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bud performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,882 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bud shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 677 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Bud in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bud 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 9,489 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.