How Many People Are Named Bud?
people named Bud are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,570 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,502 babies named Bud 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
215 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of BUDDY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bud in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bud alive today is about 60 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bud first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 215 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bud has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #233, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #6,866.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,866 |
| Best rank | #233 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #439 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bud alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bud were born in California than in any other state: about 290 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bud was given 5.6 times as often in Idaho, 5.6 times in Utah and 4.8 times in Washington.
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