Buz — boys' name
29 babies named Buz in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Buz was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Buz in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Buz
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Buz between 1951 and 1963, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Buz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Buz performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Buz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Buz 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 29 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.
Buz at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Buz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1951
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
29 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 8 births in a single year.
Buz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 19 births that decade — 66% of Buz's all-time total
Buz decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Buz's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1951–1963 (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.