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Bud

Pronounced /bʌd/

Rank in 2024
#6,755
Born in 2024
13
Peak year
1928 · #412
Origin
English

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 13 boys were named Bud, about 1 in every 131,947.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 215 babies, ranked #412.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,489 boys have been named Bud since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Bud per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,989 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Silent: 2,462 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,953 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 640 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 441 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 90 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 114 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From bud. ==== Proper noun ==== Bud A male nickname. (rare, chiefly Southern US) A male given name from English.

  • (rare, chiefly Southern US) A male given name from English.
Origin
English
Say it
/bʌd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Bud, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Boyd

    Rank
    #2,227
    Born '24
    65
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19222024