How Many People Are Named Buster?
people named Buster are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 161,983 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,178 babies named Buster 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
251 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a nickname denoting a person who broke things, from the word bust. A famous bearer was the silent movie star Buster Keaton (1895-1966).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Buster in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Buster alive today is about 57 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Buster first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 251 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Buster has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #238, in 1909. In 2025 it ranked #6,867.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,867 |
| Best rank | #238 (1909) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #450 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Buster alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Buster were born in Texas than in any other state: about 199 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Buster was given 5.4 times as often in South Carolina, 5.3 times in Oklahoma and 3.4 times in Arkansas.
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