Buck
Boy · Old English
Buck is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “belly”. In 2025 it ranked 1,992nd for boys in the US (76 babies).
What does Buck mean?
Old English
“belly”
A male given name from Old English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Buck a girl's or a boy's name?
Buck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Buck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,992among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were named Buck, making it the 1,992nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 102 boys.
2025 had more boys named Buck than any year since 1982.
Half of all the boys named Buck in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Buck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #1,992 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,357 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,293 |
| 1986 | 64 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,213 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,035 |
| 1982 | 99 | #899 |
| 1981 | 96 | #914 |
| 1980 | 94 | #920 |
| 1979 | 93 | #906 |
| 1978 | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | 85 | #921 |
| 1976 | 85 | #897 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,045 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 67 | #988 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,091 |
| 1970 | 73 | #931 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | 59 | #946 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,273 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 61 | #972 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,011 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 59 | #968 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,104 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,071 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 41 | #994 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 52 | #876 |
| 1940 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 52 | #860 |
| 1937 | 74 | #697 |
| 1936 | 70 | #714 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 71 | #721 |
| 1932 | 73 | #729 |
| 1931 | 67 | #756 |
| 1930 | 67 | #782 |
| 1929 | 52 | #930 |
| 1928 | 75 | #738 |
| 1927 | 69 | #799 |
| 1926 | 75 | #737 |
| 1925 | 83 | #710 |
| 1924 | 65 | #849 |
| 1923 | 82 | #718 |
| 1922 | 77 | #754 |
| 1921 | 92 | #674 |
| 1920 | 89 | #677 |
| 1919 | 102 | #597 |
| 1918 | 92 | #641 |
| 1917 | 86 | #640 |
| 1916 | 95 | #597 |
| 1915 | 80 | #647 |
| 1914 | 64 | #632 |
| 1913 | 57 | #579 |
| 1912 | 57 | #521 |
| 1911 | 46 | #426 |
| 1910 | 49 | #365 |
| 1909 | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 33 | #388 |
| 1906 | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | 27 | #410 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 24 | #401 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | 21 | #402 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 16 | #495 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 17 | #480 |
| 1891 | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 18 | #422 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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