Boys' name · since 1913
Bunyon
Bunyon has 16 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Bunyon since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bunyon has 16 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1921.
- #30,585 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bunyon ranks #30,585 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #30,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bunyon's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bunyon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bunyon splits its recorded history at 1919: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bunyon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1921
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Bunyon by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1910s was Bunyon's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Bunyon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Bunyon's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1920s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bunyon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1913–1921 (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 Bunyon 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.