How Many People Are Named Buel?
people named Buel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,930,987 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,135 babies named Buel in Social Security records from 1888 to 1972, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Buel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Buel alive today is about 75 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Buel first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1922, to 65 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1972.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 1972
🏆 Rank History
Buel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #812, in 1898.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #812 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,122 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Buel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Buel were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Buel was given about 13.3 times as often in Kentucky.
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