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Buck
Pronounced /bʌk/
Rank in 2024
#2,493
Born in 2024
55
Peak year
1919 · #599
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 55 boys were named Buck, about 1 in every 31,188.
- It peaked in 1919 with 102 babies, ranked #599.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 6,534 boys have been named Buck since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Buck per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,600 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 1,038 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 869 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,031 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 846 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 303 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 538 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch. Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock. Also as a German surname, variant of Puck. As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).
- A male given name from Old English.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /bʌk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Buck, CC BY-SA 4.0.