Budd
Budd is a boy's name that peaked in 1923, when it was the 1,235th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1990. About 370 Budds are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 66.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Budd
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,090
- Estimated living today
- 370
- Median age today
- 66
- Peak year
- 1923
- Best rank
- 1,235th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1880
How old the living Budds are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,090 babies given the name since 1880, about 370 are alive — 33 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1959 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
From Old English Budda, a nickname of uncertain meaning.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Budds
- R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987)American politician
- Budd Boetticher (1916–2001)American film director
- Budd Schulberg (1914–2009)American writer
People named Budd with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Budd is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Budd is most concentrated in Pennsylvania (17.6×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1923
The most popular boys’ names the year Budd peaked:
Related names
Budd against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.