Bunyan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bunyan

The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Bunyan between 1913 and 1962, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bunyan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bunyan performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bunyan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bunyan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bunyan 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 132 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.