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Buck: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 76 in 2025. Its best rank was #365 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #365 in 1910; #1,993 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Buck in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,993 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #365.
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Buck: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 76 boys in 2025. Peak: #365 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 102 (1919).
In 2025, 76 US boys were named Buck, making it the 1,993rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 485 places from #2,478 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 55 boys named Buck in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #365, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 102, in 1919. For comparison, it was #3,895 in 2015 and #1,086 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Buck in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 6,610 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 759 babies named Buck.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 524 US boys were named Buck; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 76. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,475 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Buck ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #628 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 5 | #628 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,058 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,382 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,668 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 76 | #1,993 |
| 2024 | — | — | 55 | #2,478 |
| 2023 | — | — | 68 | #2,130 |
| 2022 | — | — | 49 | #2,679 |
| 2021 | — | — | 57 | #2,380 |
| 2020 | — | — | 45 | #2,733 |
| 2019 | — | — | 45 | #2,772 |
| 2018 | — | — | 36 | #3,179 |
| 2017 | — | — | 55 | #2,352 |
| 2016 | — | — | 38 | #3,067 |
| 2015 | — | — | 27 | #3,895 |
| 2014 | — | — | 41 | #2,850 |
| 2013 | — | — | 23 | #4,199 |
| 2012 | — | — | 23 | #4,272 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,466 |
| 2010 | — | — | 21 | #4,544 |
| 2009 | — | — | 21 | #4,601 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,284 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,394 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,104 |
| 2005 | — | — | 26 | #3,630 |
| 2004 | — | — | 22 | #4,029 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #5,926 |
| 2002 | — | — | 19 | #4,208 |
| 2001 | — | — | 18 | #4,323 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,620 |
| 1999 | — | — | 17 | #4,180 |
| 1998 | — | — | 20 | #3,608 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,480 |
| 1996 | — | — | 25 | #2,932 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,204 |
| 1994 | — | — | 23 | #3,037 |
| 1993 | — | — | 21 | #3,158 |
| 1992 | — | — | 42 | #1,922 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,761 |
| 1990 | — | — | 57 | #1,501 |
| 1989 | — | — | 65 | #1,362 |
| 1988 | — | — | 51 | #1,483 |
| 1987 | — | — | 57 | #1,296 |
| 1986 | — | — | 64 | #1,191 |
| 1985 | — | — | 61 | #1,216 |
| 1984 | — | — | 67 | #1,096 |
| 1983 | — | — | 73 | #1,035 |
| 1982 | — | — | 99 | #900 |
| 1981 | — | — | 96 | #915 |
| 1980 | — | — | 94 | #920 |
| 1979 | — | — | 93 | #907 |
| 1978 | — | — | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | — | — | 85 | #924 |
| 1976 | — | — | 85 | #899 |
| 1975 | — | — | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | — | — | 62 | #1,045 |
| 1973 | — | — | 59 | #1,057 |
| 1972 | — | — | 67 | #988 |
| 1971 | — | — | 56 | #1,091 |
| 1970 | — | — | 73 | #933 |
| 1969 | — | — | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | — | — | 59 | #947 |
| 1967 | — | — | 35 | #1,275 |
| 1966 | — | — | 39 | #1,202 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,277 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,200 |
| 1962 | — | — | 53 | #1,046 |
| 1961 | — | — | 44 | #1,197 |
| 1960 | — | — | 61 | #973 |
| 1959 | — | — | 58 | #1,013 |
| 1958 | — | — | 32 | #1,373 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,168 |
| 1956 | — | — | 59 | #971 |
| 1955 | — | — | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1954 | — | — | 43 | #1,138 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,104 |
| 1952 | — | — | 36 | #1,228 |
| 1951 | — | — | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1950 | — | — | 42 | #1,086 |
| 1949 | — | — | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1948 | — | — | 49 | #1,003 |
| 1947 | — | — | 45 | #1,082 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #983 |
| 1945 | — | — | 41 | #996 |
| 1944 | — | — | 34 | #1,141 |
| 1943 | — | — | 40 | #1,075 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,009 |
| 1941 | — | — | 52 | #877 |
| 1940 | — | — | 47 | #930 |
| 1939 | — | — | 41 | #993 |
| 1938 | — | — | 52 | #860 |
| 1937 | — | — | 74 | #698 |
| 1936 | — | — | 70 | #714 |
| 1935 | — | — | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | — | — | 66 | #753 |
| 1933 | — | — | 71 | #721 |
| 1932 | — | — | 73 | #730 |
| 1931 | — | — | 67 | #760 |
| 1930 | — | — | 67 | #785 |
| 1929 | — | — | 52 | #931 |
| 1928 | — | — | 75 | #740 |
| 1927 | — | — | 69 | #801 |
| 1926 | — | — | 75 | #738 |
| 1925 | — | — | 83 | #711 |
| 1924 | — | — | 65 | #849 |
| 1923 | — | — | 82 | #719 |
| 1922 | — | — | 77 | #754 |
| 1921 | — | — | 92 | #674 |
| 1920 | — | — | 89 | #677 |
| 1919 | — | — | 102 | #597 |
| 1918 | — | — | 92 | #642 |
| 1917 | — | — | 86 | #642 |
| 1916 | — | — | 95 | #597 |
| 1915 | — | — | 80 | #647 |
| 1914 | — | — | 64 | #632 |
| 1913 | — | — | 57 | #579 |
| 1912 | — | — | 57 | #521 |
| 1911 | — | — | 46 | #427 |
| 1910 | — | — | 49 | #365 |
| 1909 | — | — | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | — | — | 34 | #404 |
| 1907 | — | — | 33 | #388 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #414 |
| 1904 | — | — | 29 | #380 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #402 |
| 1902 | — | — | 17 | #524 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #604 |
| 1900 | — | — | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | — | — | 21 | #402 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #510 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #500 |
| 1896 | — | — | 19 | #466 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #610 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #597 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #513 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #482 |
| 1891 | — | — | 20 | #388 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #673 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #682 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #447 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #462 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #548 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #423 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #523 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #914 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #544 |
| 1881 | — | — | 14 | #466 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #933 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).