Buster
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BUS-ter
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Buster is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Buster mean?
English: nickname
Made famous by the silent-film comedian Buster Keaton, whose real first name was Joseph.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Buster a girl's or a boy's name?
Buster is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Buster in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Buster, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 41 boys.
Half of all the boys named Buster in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Buster in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 41 | #830 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Buster in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Buster, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 246 boys.
Half of all the boys named Buster in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
Buster in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,704 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,136 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 72 | #888 |
| 1956 | 65 | #923 |
| 1955 | 63 | #941 |
| 1954 | 60 | #951 |
| 1953 | 79 | #804 |
| 1952 | 71 | #829 |
| 1951 | 91 | #725 |
| 1950 | 95 | #703 |
| 1949 | 74 | #797 |
| 1948 | 82 | #743 |
| 1947 | 78 | #777 |
| 1946 | 83 | #716 |
| 1945 | 81 | #668 |
| 1944 | 75 | #718 |
| 1943 | 85 | #697 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 66 | #762 |
| 1940 | 95 | #607 |
| 1939 | 78 | #671 |
| 1938 | 75 | #700 |
| 1937 | 116 | #539 |
| 1936 | 105 | #562 |
| 1935 | 105 | #563 |
| 1934 | 114 | #552 |
| 1933 | 116 | #527 |
| 1932 | 138 | #489 |
| 1931 | 114 | #548 |
| 1930 | 142 | #501 |
| 1929 | 135 | #506 |
| 1928 | 148 | #497 |
| 1927 | 181 | #454 |
| 1926 | 148 | #494 |
| 1925 | 191 | #430 |
| 1924 | 201 | #433 |
| 1923 | 194 | #436 |
| 1922 | 184 | #453 |
| 1921 | 233 | #398 |
| 1920 | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | 219 | #396 |
| 1918 | 246 | #379 |
| 1917 | 206 | #391 |
| 1916 | 219 | #370 |
| 1915 | 214 | #367 |
| 1914 | 186 | #342 |
| 1913 | 155 | #327 |
| 1912 | 140 | #310 |
| 1911 | 110 | #241 |
| 1910 | 98 | #239 |
| 1909 | 85 | #238 |
| 1908 | 71 | #250 |
| 1907 | 64 | #263 |
| 1906 | 60 | #256 |
| 1905 | 52 | #274 |
| 1904 | 40 | #312 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 29 | #367 |
| 1901 | 18 | #453 |
| 1900 | 25 | #455 |
| 1899 | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 15 | #482 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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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, “Buster: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/buster, updated 20 October 2026.