How Many People Are Named Buchanan?
people named Buchanan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,417,848 people in the US has this name
Based on 101 babies named Buchanan in Social Security records from 1996 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Buchanan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Buchanan alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Buchanan first appears in the records in 1996, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 13 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1996 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Buchanan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #6,510, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #6,510.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,510 |
| Best rank | #6,510 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,128 in the 2020s |
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