Bud is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1928 and has since faded.
Bud is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,870 for boy births in the United States (and #14,454 across all names), given to 12 babies. Bud first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (215 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #6,870 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #6,239 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | #6,597 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #6,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #12,440 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | #8,870 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #6,404 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #7,173 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #7,684 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #8,868 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | #6,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #9,804 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,023 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #8,923 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | #6,679 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #6,152 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #7,318 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | #6,522 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #9,241 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #7,972 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #6,934 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,325 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #4,205 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #5,168 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #5,146 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #3,057 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #4,351 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #3,122 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #2,377 |
| 1989 | 33 | — | #2,107 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | #1,955 |
| 1987 | 34 | — | #1,868 |
| 1986 | 32 | — | #1,880 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | #1,673 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | #2,302 |
| 1983 | 46 | — | #1,379 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | #1,542 |
| 1981 | 43 | — | #1,459 |
| 1980 | 41 | — | #1,499 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #1,714 |
| 1978 | 33 | — | #1,658 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | #1,829 |
| 1976 | 27 | — | #1,834 |
| 1975 | 37 | — | #1,456 |
| 1974 | 32 | — | #1,550 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | #1,550 |
| 1972 | 38 | — | #1,365 |
| 1971 | 42 | — | #1,294 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | #1,315 |
| 1969 | 41 | — | #1,233 |
| 1968 | 49 | — | #1,057 |
| 1967 | 45 | — | #1,103 |
| 1966 | 50 | — | #1,028 |
| 1965 | 73 | — | #859 |
| 1964 | 63 | — | #961 |
| 1963 | 70 | — | #892 |
| 1962 | 73 | — | #891 |
| 1961 | 94 | — | #786 |
| 1960 | 119 | — | #715 |
| 1959 | 142 | — | #646 |
| 1958 | 113 | — | #705 |
| 1957 | 129 | — | #671 |
| 1956 | 96 | — | #749 |
| 1955 | 121 | — | #663 |
| 1954 | 85 | — | #775 |
| 1953 | 100 | — | #714 |
| 1952 | 99 | — | #704 |
| 1951 | 93 | — | #720 |
| 1950 | 118 | — | #637 |
| 1949 | 127 | — | #606 |
| 1948 | 101 | — | #671 |
| 1947 | 106 | — | #669 |
| 1946 | 104 | — | #630 |
| 1945 | 82 | — | #664 |
| 1944 | 97 | — | #623 |
| 1943 | 88 | — | #684 |
| 1942 | 109 | — | #603 |
| 1941 | 83 | — | #673 |
| 1940 | 96 | — | #602 |
| 1939 | 96 | — | #587 |
| 1938 | 110 | — | #553 |
| 1937 | 130 | — | #505 |
| 1936 | 156 | — | #450 |
| 1935 | 153 | — | #458 |
| 1934 | 162 | — | #444 |
| 1933 | 166 | — | #426 |
| 1932 | 154 | — | #461 |
| 1931 | 208 | — | #390 |
| 1930 | 177 | — | #441 |
| 1929 | 180 | — | #440 |
| 1928 | 215 | — | #410 |
| 1927 | 205 | — | #424 |
| 1926 | 187 | — | #441 |
| 1925 | 176 | — | #455 |
| 1924 | 174 | — | #466 |
| 1923 | 189 | — | #443 |
| 1922 | 179 | — | #464 |
| 1921 | 190 | — | #448 |
| 1920 | 187 | — | #444 |
| 1919 | 169 | — | #450 |
| 1918 | 183 | — | #438 |
| 1917 | 176 | — | #428 |
| 1916 | 153 | — | #455 |
| 1915 | 130 | — | #488 |
| 1914 | 98 | — | #493 |
| 1913 | 89 | — | #460 |
| 1912 | 90 | — | #409 |
| 1911 | 62 | — | #349 |
| 1910 | 52 | — | #354 |
| 1909 | 35 | — | #420 |
| 1908 | 40 | — | #360 |
| 1907 | 31 | — | #407 |
| 1906 | 39 | — | #330 |
| 1905 | 33 | — | #361 |
| 1904 | 36 | — | #336 |
| 1903 | 32 | — | #341 |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #415 |
| 1901 | 30 | — | #325 |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #343 |
| 1899 | 25 | — | #362 |
| 1898 | 36 | — | #322 |
| 1897 | 43 | — | #273 |
| 1896 | 35 | — | #316 |
| 1895 | 33 | — | #317 |
| 1894 | 35 | — | #295 |
| 1893 | 37 | — | #286 |
| 1892 | 39 | — | #292 |
| 1891 | 29 | — | #310 |
| 1890 | 47 | — | #246 |
| 1889 | 48 | — | #233 |
| 1888 | 48 | — | #252 |
| 1887 | 36 | — | #270 |
| 1886 | 33 | — | #298 |
| 1885 | 44 | — | #248 |
| 1884 | 42 | — | #264 |
| 1883 | 42 | — | #254 |
| 1882 | 33 | — | #300 |
| 1881 | 38 | — | #257 |
| 1880 | 37 | — | #277 |