Buster is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Buster is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,871 for boy births in the United States (and #14,455 across all names), given to 12 babies. Buster first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (246 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,871 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,521 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,960 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,731 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,885 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,113 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,843 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,709 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,376 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,418 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,331 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,093 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,660 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,141 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,991 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,147 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,104 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,271 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,322 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,860 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,610 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,044 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,746 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,122 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,167 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,539 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,099 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,517 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | — | #5,705 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | — | #4,642 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,443 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | — | #4,832 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | — | #4,042 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | — | #3,624 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | — | #3,662 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | — | #3,327 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | — | #4,303 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | — | #3,226 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | — | #3,752 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | — | #3,150 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | — | #2,846 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | — | #2,303 |
| 1983 | 21 | — | — | #2,345 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | — | #2,521 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | — | #2,278 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | — | #2,223 |
| 1979 | 35 | — | — | #1,637 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | — | #1,924 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1976 | 27 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | — | #2,072 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | — | #2,059 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | — | #2,050 |
| 1972 | 28 | — | — | #1,653 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | — | #1,712 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | — | #1,999 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | — | #1,739 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | — | #1,816 |
| 1966 | 37 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | — | #1,165 |
| 1964 | 34 | — | — | #1,353 |
| 1963 | 31 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1962 | 46 | — | — | #1,137 |
| 1961 | 39 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1960 | 55 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1959 | 43 | — | — | #1,182 |
| 1958 | 55 | — | — | #1,028 |
| 1957 | 72 | — | — | #890 |
| 1956 | 65 | — | — | #925 |
| 1955 | 63 | — | — | #942 |
| 1954 | 60 | — | — | #953 |
| 1953 | 79 | — | — | #808 |
| 1952 | 71 | — | — | #832 |
| 1951 | 91 | — | — | #727 |
| 1950 | 95 | — | — | #704 |
| 1949 | 74 | — | — | #799 |
| 1948 | 82 | — | — | #744 |
| 1947 | 78 | — | — | #778 |
| 1946 | 83 | — | — | #716 |
| 1945 | 81 | — | — | #668 |
| 1944 | 75 | — | — | #718 |
| 1943 | 85 | — | — | #697 |
| 1942 | 93 | — | — | #667 |
| 1941 | 66 | — | — | #763 |
| 1940 | 95 | — | — | #610 |
| 1939 | 78 | — | — | #672 |
| 1938 | 75 | — | — | #701 |
| 1937 | 116 | — | — | #539 |
| 1936 | 105 | — | — | #562 |
| 1935 | 105 | — | — | #563 |
| 1934 | 114 | — | — | #552 |
| 1933 | 116 | — | — | #528 |
| 1932 | 138 | — | — | #489 |
| 1931 | 114 | — | — | #548 |
| 1930 | 142 | — | — | #501 |
| 1929 | 135 | — | — | #507 |
| 1928 | 148 | — | — | #497 |
| 1927 | 181 | — | — | #454 |
| 1926 | 148 | — | — | #494 |
| 1925 | 191 | — | — | #430 |
| 1924 | 201 | — | — | #433 |
| 1923 | 194 | — | — | #436 |
| 1922 | 184 | — | — | #454 |
| 1921 | 233 | — | — | #398 |
| 1920 | 207 | — | — | #409 |
| 1919 | 219 | — | — | #396 |
| 1918 | 251 | — | #4,919 | #379 |
| 1917 | 206 | — | — | #391 |
| 1916 | 219 | — | — | #370 |
| 1915 | 214 | — | — | #367 |
| 1914 | 186 | — | — | #342 |
| 1913 | 155 | — | — | #328 |
| 1912 | 140 | — | — | #310 |
| 1911 | 110 | — | — | #242 |
| 1910 | 98 | — | — | #240 |
| 1909 | 85 | — | — | #238 |
| 1908 | 71 | — | — | #250 |
| 1907 | 64 | — | — | #264 |
| 1906 | 60 | — | — | #256 |
| 1905 | 52 | — | — | #274 |
| 1904 | 40 | — | — | #312 |
| 1903 | 23 | — | — | #414 |
| 1902 | 29 | — | — | #369 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | — | #456 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | — | #456 |
| 1899 | 16 | — | — | #484 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #670 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | — | #443 |
| 1896 | 21 | — | — | #425 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | — | #505 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | — | #523 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #543 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | — | #763 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | — | #499 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | — | #753 |
| 1889 | 15 | — | — | #483 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #830 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #593 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | — | #433 |
| 1885 | 14 | — | — | #502 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #577 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #733 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #661 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #884 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #688 |