Buckley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BUK-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Buckley is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
What does Buckley mean?
English: English place-name surname; also Irish, from Ó Buachalla
In Ireland the surname translates Ó Buachalla, from buachaill, 'boy, herdsman'; in England it comes from place names.
Is Buckley a girl's or a boy's name?
Buckley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Buckley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Buckley, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Buckley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
How popular is Buckley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,183among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Buckley, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Buckley in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Buckley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,028 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Buckley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Buckley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/buckley, updated 20 October 2026.