Buck is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1919 and remains in steady use.
Buck is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,993 for boy births in the United States (and #4,259 across all names), given to 76 babies. Buck first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (102 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | #1,993 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | #2,478 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | #2,130 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | #2,679 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | #2,380 |
| 2020 | 45 | 45 | #2,733 |
| 2019 | 45 | 45 | #2,772 |
| 2018 | 36 | 36 | #3,179 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | #2,352 |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | #3,067 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #3,895 |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | #2,850 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | #4,199 |
| 2012 | 23 | 23 | #4,272 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #5,466 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #4,544 |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | #4,601 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #4,284 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #4,394 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,104 |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 | #3,630 |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | #4,029 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #5,926 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #4,208 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #4,323 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,620 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #4,180 |
| 1998 | 20 | 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 |