Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bud

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bud
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

215

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

94%

2024

All-time

9,489

Bud once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 215 boys were named Bud.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 94% from its peak.

All told, about 9,489 Americans have been named Bud and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94% from peak

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