Boys' name · since 1892
Bun
Bun has 22 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
22 boys have been named Bun since 1892, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bun has 22 recorded births among boys since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 1986.
- #28,075 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1892
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bun ranks #28,075 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1892, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bun's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bun splits its recorded history at 1983: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1892 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–1986
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Bun by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Bun's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Bun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~94 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, 1892–1986 (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 Bun 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.