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Buster: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #238 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #238 in 1909; #6,871 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Buster in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,871 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #238.
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Buster: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #238 in 1909 · most boys in one year: 246 (1918).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Buster, making it the 6,871st most common boys’ name of the year, down 350 places from #6,521 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 13 boys named Buster in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #238, reached in 1909. The most boys given the name in a single year was 246, in 1918. For comparison, it was #5,331 in 2015 and #704 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Buster in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 8 babies with the name. In all, 8,178 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,822 babies named Buster.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 124 US boys were named Buster; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #6,871 |
| 2024 | — | — | 13 | #6,521 |
| 2023 | — | — | 12 | #6,960 |
| 2022 | — | — | 21 | #4,731 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #9,885 |
| 2020 | — | — | 11 | #7,113 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #6,843 |
| 2018 | — | — | 10 | #7,709 |
| 2017 | — | — | 13 | #6,376 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,418 |
| 2015 | — | — | 17 | #5,331 |
| 2014 | — | — | 18 | #5,093 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,660 |
| 2012 | — | — | 11 | #7,141 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #5,991 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,147 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,104 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,271 |
| 2007 | — | — | 13 | #6,322 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #10,860 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,610 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,044 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #9,746 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,122 |
| 2001 | — | — | 14 | #5,167 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,539 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,099 |
| 1998 | — | — | 11 | #5,517 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #5,705 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,642 |
| 1995 | — | — | 19 | #3,443 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #4,832 |
| 1993 | — | — | 15 | #4,042 |
| 1992 | — | — | 17 | #3,624 |
| 1991 | — | — | 16 | #3,662 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,327 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,303 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,226 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,752 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,150 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,846 |
| 1984 | — | — | 22 | #2,303 |
| 1983 | — | — | 21 | #2,345 |
| 1982 | — | — | 19 | #2,521 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,278 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,223 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,637 |
| 1978 | — | — | 26 | #1,924 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,711 |
| 1976 | — | — | 27 | #1,835 |
| 1975 | — | — | 22 | #2,072 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,059 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,050 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1971 | — | — | 27 | #1,712 |
| 1970 | — | — | 20 | #1,999 |
| 1969 | — | — | 31 | #1,444 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,739 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1966 | — | — | 37 | #1,238 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,165 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,353 |
| 1963 | — | — | 31 | #1,404 |
| 1962 | — | — | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1961 | — | — | 39 | #1,264 |
| 1960 | — | — | 55 | #1,034 |
| 1959 | — | — | 43 | #1,182 |
| 1958 | — | — | 55 | #1,028 |
| 1957 | — | — | 72 | #890 |
| 1956 | — | — | 65 | #925 |
| 1955 | — | — | 63 | #942 |
| 1954 | — | — | 60 | #953 |
| 1953 | — | — | 79 | #808 |
| 1952 | — | — | 71 | #832 |
| 1951 | — | — | 91 | #727 |
| 1950 | — | — | 95 | #704 |
| 1949 | — | — | 74 | #799 |
| 1948 | — | — | 82 | #744 |
| 1947 | — | — | 78 | #778 |
| 1946 | — | — | 83 | #716 |
| 1945 | — | — | 81 | #668 |
| 1944 | — | — | 75 | #718 |
| 1943 | — | — | 85 | #697 |
| 1942 | — | — | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | — | — | 66 | #763 |
| 1940 | — | — | 95 | #610 |
| 1939 | — | — | 78 | #672 |
| 1938 | — | — | 75 | #701 |
| 1937 | — | — | 116 | #539 |
| 1936 | — | — | 105 | #562 |
| 1935 | — | — | 105 | #563 |
| 1934 | — | — | 114 | #552 |
| 1933 | — | — | 116 | #528 |
| 1932 | — | — | 138 | #489 |
| 1931 | — | — | 114 | #548 |
| 1930 | — | — | 142 | #501 |
| 1929 | — | — | 135 | #507 |
| 1928 | — | — | 148 | #497 |
| 1927 | — | — | 181 | #454 |
| 1926 | — | — | 148 | #494 |
| 1925 | — | — | 191 | #430 |
| 1924 | — | — | 201 | #433 |
| 1923 | — | — | 194 | #436 |
| 1922 | — | — | 184 | #454 |
| 1921 | — | — | 233 | #398 |
| 1920 | — | — | 207 | #409 |
| 1919 | — | — | 219 | #396 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,919 | 246 | #379 |
| 1917 | — | — | 206 | #391 |
| 1916 | — | — | 219 | #370 |
| 1915 | — | — | 214 | #367 |
| 1914 | — | — | 186 | #342 |
| 1913 | — | — | 155 | #328 |
| 1912 | — | — | 140 | #310 |
| 1911 | — | — | 110 | #242 |
| 1910 | — | — | 98 | #240 |
| 1909 | — | — | 85 | #238 |
| 1908 | — | — | 71 | #250 |
| 1907 | — | — | 64 | #264 |
| 1906 | — | — | 60 | #256 |
| 1905 | — | — | 52 | #274 |
| 1904 | — | — | 40 | #312 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #414 |
| 1902 | — | — | 29 | #369 |
| 1901 | — | — | 18 | #456 |
| 1900 | — | — | 25 | #456 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #484 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #670 |
| 1897 | — | — | 19 | #443 |
| 1896 | — | — | 21 | #425 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #505 |
| 1894 | — | — | 15 | #523 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #543 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #763 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #499 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #753 |
| 1889 | — | — | 15 | #483 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #830 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #593 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #433 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #502 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #577 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #733 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #661 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #884 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #688 |
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).