How Many People Are Named Buck?
people named Buck are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 100,054 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,610 babies named Buck in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
102 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English nickname meaning simply "buck, male deer", ultimately from Old English bucc.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Buck in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Buck alive today is about 42 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Buck first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 102 babies. In 2025, 76 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Buck has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #365, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #1,993.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,993 |
| Best rank | #365 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #749 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Buck alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Buck were born in Texas than in any other state: about 299 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Buck was given 6.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.8 times in Texas and 3.5 times in North Carolina.
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