Buddy is an established boys' name that peaked in 1935 and has since faded.
Buddy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,418 for boy births in the United States (and #9,441 across all names), given to 23 babies. Buddy first appears in 1893 and peaked in 1935 (604 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,418 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,811 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,125 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,549 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,312 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,159 |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,190 |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,381 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,785 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,604 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,896 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,163 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,200 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,011 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,806 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,382 |
| 2009 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,805 |
| 2008 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,751 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,384 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,904 |
| 2005 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,665 |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,794 |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,548 |
| 2002 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,696 |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,625 |
| 2000 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,383 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | — | #2,870 |
| 1998 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,098 |
| 1997 | 55 | — | — | #1,755 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | — | #1,963 |
| 1995 | 41 | — | — | #2,032 |
| 1994 | 48 | — | — | #1,798 |
| 1993 | 78 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1992 | 65 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1991 | 80 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1990 | 98 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1989 | 97 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1988 | 104 | — | — | #943 |
| 1987 | 116 | — | — | #866 |
| 1986 | 121 | — | — | #827 |
| 1985 | 116 | — | — | #832 |
| 1984 | 130 | — | — | #759 |
| 1983 | 138 | — | — | #736 |
| 1982 | 174 | — | — | #660 |
| 1981 | 156 | — | — | #691 |
| 1980 | 145 | — | #9,230 | #744 |
| 1979 | 168 | — | — | #658 |
| 1978 | 174 | — | — | #631 |
| 1977 | 185 | — | — | #617 |
| 1976 | 170 | — | — | #629 |
| 1975 | 179 | — | — | #607 |
| 1974 | 174 | — | — | #609 |
| 1973 | 205 | — | — | #551 |
| 1972 | 231 | — | — | #516 |
| 1971 | 215 | — | — | #549 |
| 1970 | 188 | — | — | #592 |
| 1969 | 213 | — | — | #539 |
| 1968 | 191 | — | — | #546 |
| 1967 | 213 | — | — | #514 |
| 1966 | 217 | — | — | #514 |
| 1965 | 259 | — | — | #483 |
| 1964 | 279 | — | — | #473 |
| 1963 | 303 | — | — | #454 |
| 1962 | 336 | — | — | #435 |
| 1961 | 377 | — | — | #406 |
| 1960 | 356 | — | — | #424 |
| 1959 | 318 | — | — | #449 |
| 1958 | 350 | — | — | #419 |
| 1957 | 354 | — | — | #414 |
| 1956 | 346 | — | — | #408 |
| 1955 | 356 | — | — | #380 |
| 1954 | 330 | — | — | #395 |
| 1953 | 331 | — | — | #381 |
| 1952 | 315 | — | — | #387 |
| 1951 | 370 | — | — | #358 |
| 1950 | 379 | — | — | #346 |
| 1949 | 344 | — | — | #364 |
| 1948 | 354 | — | — | #359 |
| 1947 | 378 | — | — | #350 |
| 1946 | 366 | — | — | #336 |
| 1945 | 322 | — | — | #332 |
| 1944 | 401 | — | — | #299 |
| 1943 | 435 | — | #4,771 | #296 |
| 1942 | 506 | — | #4,703 | #266 |
| 1941 | 456 | — | — | #262 |
| 1940 | 453 | — | #4,437 | #264 |
| 1939 | 499 | — | — | #233 |
| 1938 | 529 | — | #3,485 | #229 |
| 1937 | 551 | — | — | #216 |
| 1936 | 529 | — | #4,269 | #221 |
| 1935 | 604 | — | — | #202 |
| 1934 | 517 | — | — | #227 |
| 1933 | 519 | — | — | #222 |
| 1932 | 467 | — | — | #248 |
| 1931 | 464 | — | — | #248 |
| 1930 | 437 | — | — | #269 |
| 1929 | 355 | — | — | #295 |
| 1928 | 257 | — | #4,254 | #368 |
| 1927 | 260 | — | — | #362 |
| 1926 | 226 | — | — | #393 |
| 1925 | 178 | — | #4,504 | #462 |
| 1924 | 177 | — | — | #460 |
| 1923 | 130 | — | — | #535 |
| 1922 | 126 | — | — | #566 |
| 1921 | 112 | — | — | #599 |
| 1920 | 103 | — | — | #623 |
| 1919 | 94 | — | — | #624 |
| 1918 | 97 | — | — | #625 |
| 1917 | 72 | — | — | #727 |
| 1916 | 69 | — | — | #725 |
| 1915 | 64 | — | — | #753 |
| 1914 | 67 | — | — | #618 |
| 1913 | 51 | — | — | #618 |
| 1912 | 34 | — | — | #736 |
| 1911 | 16 | — | — | #829 |
| 1910 | 40 | — | — | #431 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #723 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | — | #689 |
| 1907 | 18 | — | — | #594 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | — | #618 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #936 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | — | #730 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 15 | — | — | #561 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #786 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #847 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,068 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,144 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #678 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #873 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,059 |