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How popular is “Buck” in the USA?

Number of people named “Buck” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Buck” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Buck” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Buck” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Buck” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Buck” by birth year

This chart shows how “Buck” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 -100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 -100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 -100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 -100%
1903 24 0.000062959 24 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 27 0.000063691 27 -100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 -100%
1907 33 0.000070908 33 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 49 0.000082951 49 -100%
1911 46 0.000071398 46 -100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 -100%
1913 57 0.000050127 57 -100%
1914 64 0.000045187 64 -100%
1915 80 0.000043658 80 -100%
1916 95 0.00004911 95 -100%
1917 86 0.000042855 86 -100%
1918 92 0.000042375 92 -100%
1919 102 0.000048336 102 -100%
1920 89 0.000039335 89 -100%
1921 92 0.000039409 92 -100%
1922 77 0.000033637 77 -100%
1923 82 0.000035614 82 -100%
1924 65 0.000027292 65 -100%
1925 83 0.000035572 83 -100%
1926 75 0.000032667 75 -100%
1927 69 0.00002975 69 -100%
1928 75 0.000033172 75 -100%
1929 52 0.000023721 52 -100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 -100%
1931 67 0.000031838 67 -100%
1932 73 0.000034576 73 -100%
1933 71 0.00003551 71 -100%
1934 66 0.000031779 66 -100%
1935 72 0.000034451 72 -100%
1936 70 0.000033693 70 -100%
1937 74 0.000034731 74 -100%
1938 52 0.000023502 52 -100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 -100%
1940 47 0.000020411 47 -100%
1941 52 0.000021343 52 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 40 0.000014172 40 -100%
1944 34 0.000012639 34 -100%
1945 41 0.000015455 41 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 -100%
1948 49 0.000014193 49 -100%
1949 43 0.000012339 43 -100%
1950 42 0.000011988 42 -100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 -100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 43 0.000010802 43 -100%
1955 45 0.000011208 45 -100%
1956 59 0.00001431 59 -100%
1957 44 0.000010471 44 -100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 -100%
1959 58 0.000013949 58 -100%
1960 61 0.000014685 61 -100%
1961 44 0.000010622 44 -100%
1962 53 0.000013134 53 -100%
1963 42 0.000010611 42 -100%
1964 46 0.000011832 46 -100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 -100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 -100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 -100%
1968 59 0.000017464 59 -100%
1969 58 0.000016689 58 -100%
1970 73 0.000020241 73 -100%
1971 56 0.000016315 56 -100%
1972 67 0.000021317 67 -100%
1973 59 0.000019557 59 -100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 -100%
1975 53 0.000017553 53 -100%
1976 85 0.000028013 85 -100%
1977 85 0.000026759 85 -100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 -100%
1979 93 0.000027953 93 -100%
1980 94 0.00002729 94 -100%
1981 96 0.000027751 96 -100%
1982 99 0.000028222 99 -100%
1983 73 0.000021078 73 -100%
1984 67 0.000019205 67 -100%
1985 61 0.000017091 61 -100%
1986 64 0.000017992 64 -100%
1987 57 0.000015809 57 -100%
1988 51 0.000013802 51 -100%
1989 65 0.000016908 65 -100%
1990 57 0.000014421 57 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 42 0.000010934 42 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 23 0.000006187 23 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 19 0.000005083 19 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 22 0.000005758 22 -100%
2005 26 0.000006762 26 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 -100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 -100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 -100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 23 0.000006289 23 -100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 -100%
2014 41 0.000011062 41 -100%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 -100%
2016 38 0.000010358 38 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 36 0.000010239 36 -100%
2019 45 0.000012965 45 -100%
2020 45 0.000013471 45 -100%
2021 57 0.000016824 57 -100%
2022 49 0.000014484 49 -100%
2023 67 0.000020234 67 -100%
2024 55 0.000016524 55 -100%

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