Buel is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Buel is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1972. Buel first appears in 1888 and peaked in 1922 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,076 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,476 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,804 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #3,983 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,650 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #3,690 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,099 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,065 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #2,661 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #2,817 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #2,991 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #3,890 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,729 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,534 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #2,866 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #2,223 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #1,762 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,001 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #2,160 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,093 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | #1,535 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #1,958 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #1,642 |
| 1940 | 17 | — | #1,685 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,067 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #1,751 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,697 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | #1,423 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | #1,593 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | #1,508 |
| 1933 | 22 | — | #1,460 |
| 1932 | 27 | — | #1,330 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | #1,366 |
| 1930 | 31 | — | #1,285 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | #1,242 |
| 1928 | 39 | — | #1,127 |
| 1927 | 37 | — | #1,180 |
| 1926 | 42 | — | #1,095 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | #1,125 |
| 1924 | 37 | — | #1,192 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,327 |
| 1922 | 65 | — | #850 |
| 1921 | 40 | — | #1,124 |
| 1920 | 36 | — | #1,210 |
| 1919 | 38 | — | #1,128 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | #1,194 |
| 1917 | 28 | — | #1,296 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | #1,512 |
| 1915 | 32 | — | #1,142 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,195 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | #1,051 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,281 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,483 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,129 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,213 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,020 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,078 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #813 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #959 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,057 |