Bun — boys' name
22 babies named Bun in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Bun was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Bun in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bun
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Bun between 1892 and 1986, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bun shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bun 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 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.
Bun at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1892
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
22 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 7 births in a single year.
Bun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 45% of Bun's all-time total
Bun decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Bun's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1892–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.