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How popular is “Bud” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bud” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bud” 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 “Bud” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bud” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bud” 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 37 0.000183637 37 -100%
1881 38 0.00019721 38 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 42 0.000193597 42 -100%
1884 42 0.000172512 42 -100%
1885 44 0.000182683 44 -100%
1886 33 0.000129252 33 -100%
1887 36 0.000145518 36 -100%
1888 48 0.000160281 48 -100%
1889 48 0.000166121 48 -100%
1890 47 0.000155938 47 -100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 -100%
1892 39 0.000116636 39 -100%
1893 37 0.000113768 37 -100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 -100%
1895 33 0.000094012 33 -100%
1896 35 0.000097906 35 -100%
1897 43 0.000123935 43 -100%
1898 36 0.000094375 36 -100%
1899 25 0.000073695 25 -100%
1900 40 0.000088838 40 -100%
1901 30 0.000086752 30 -100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 -100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 -100%
1904 36 0.000089223 36 -100%
1905 33 0.000077845 33 -100%
1906 39 0.000091026 39 -100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 -100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 -100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 -100%
1910 52 0.00008803 52 -100%
1911 62 0.000096232 62 -100%
1912 90 0.000091087 90 -100%
1913 89 0.000078269 89 -100%
1914 98 0.000069192 98 -100%
1915 130 0.000070944 130 -100%
1916 153 0.000079094 153 -100%
1917 176 0.000087704 176 -100%
1918 183 0.000084289 183 -100%
1919 169 0.000080085 169 -100%
1920 187 0.000082647 187 -100%
1921 190 0.000081388 190 -100%
1922 179 0.000078195 179 -100%
1923 189 0.000082085 189 -100%
1924 174 0.00007306 174 -100%
1925 176 0.00007543 176 -100%
1926 187 0.000081449 187 -100%
1927 205 0.000088387 205 -100%
1928 215 0.000095093 215 -100%
1929 180 0.000082111 180 -100%
1930 177 0.000079612 177 -100%
1931 208 0.000098841 208 -100%
1932 154 0.000072941 154 -100%
1933 166 0.000083023 166 -100%
1934 162 0.000078004 162 -100%
1935 153 0.000073209 153 -100%
1936 156 0.000075087 156 -100%
1937 130 0.000061014 130 -100%
1938 110 0.000049716 110 -100%
1939 96 0.000043568 96 -100%
1940 96 0.00004169 96 -100%
1941 83 0.000034066 83 -100%
1942 109 0.0000399 109 -100%
1943 88 0.000031177 88 -100%
1944 97 0.000036058 97 -100%
1945 82 0.000030909 82 -100%
1946 104 0.000032548 104 -100%
1947 106 0.000029425 106 -100%
1948 101 0.000029254 101 -100%
1949 127 0.000036444 127 -100%
1950 118 0.000033682 118 -100%
1951 93 0.000025246 93 -100%
1952 99 0.000026066 99 -100%
1953 100 0.000025949 100 -100%
1954 85 0.000021353 85 -100%
1955 121 0.000030136 121 -100%
1956 96 0.000023284 96 -100%
1957 129 0.000030699 129 -100%
1958 113 0.000027335 113 -100%
1959 142 0.000034151 142 -100%
1960 119 0.000028648 119 -100%
1961 94 0.000022693 94 -100%
1962 73 0.00001809 73 -100%
1963 70 0.000017685 70 -100%
1964 63 0.000016205 63 -100%
1965 73 0.000020135 73 -100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 -100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 -100%
1968 49 0.000014504 49 -100%
1969 41 0.000011797 41 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 -100%
1972 38 0.00001209 38 -100%
1973 31 0.000010275 31 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 -100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 -100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 -100%
1979 33 0.000009919 33 -100%
1980 41 0.000011903 41 -100%
1981 43 0.00001243 43 -100%
1982 40 0.000011403 40 -100%
1983 46 0.000013282 46 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 -100%
1985 37 0.000010367 37 -100%
1986 32 0.000008996 32 -100%
1987 34 0.00000943 34 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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