Buel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Buel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,135 babies named Buel between 1888 and 1972, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Buel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Buel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Buel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Buel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Buel 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 1,135 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.