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Budd

Recorded 1880–1990 · United States

Budd was most popular in 1923, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,465 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,090 people named Budd.

Most popular in1923
Rank that year#2,465
Births that year34
Total since 18801,090
Given to100% boys
Alive today~372
Median age67
OriginOld English

Budd over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Budd’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Budd?

The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Budd is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 81 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 1990.

How many people are named Budd?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,090 American births named Budd between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 372 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Budd in 2025?

Budd was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Budd a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Budd is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,090 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Budd?

Roughly 372 Americans named Budd are alive today — 34% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 67 years old, and half are between 56 and 76.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Budd is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org