Buddy — #3780 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Buddy

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,516 babies named Buddy between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Buddy currently holds the #3780 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 604 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Buddy performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 5,103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Buddy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,165 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Buddy in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Buddy 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 22,516 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.