Masculine dossier · first seen 1893

Buddy

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

Endangered Down 95.2% from peak

Peak era

1935

Peak rank proxy

604

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1893Peak 19352024

Peak year

1935

Decline from peak

95.2%

2024

All-time

22,516

Buddy 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 1935, when 604 boys were named Buddy.

In 2024, only 29 boys were given the name.

Down 95.2% from its peak.

All told, about 22,516 Americans have been named Buddy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.2% from peak

1935604 boys named Buddy

202429 boys named Buddy

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