NameTides

Bud

Bud was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies).

Bud as a boy’s name

  • US
Bud as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Bud as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#6,803 (12)
2024#6,199 (14)
2023#6,517 (13)
2022#6,147 (14)
2021#12,146 (5)
2020#8,739 (8)
2018#6,345 (13)
2017#7,095 (11)
2016#7,605 (10)
2015#8,744 (8)
2014#6,632 (12)
2013#9,655 (7)
2011#10,808 (6)
2010#8,803 (8)
2007#6,622 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1889 at #233.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Bud is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 94,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 44,000 to 1 in 200,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.