Is Buddy a boy or girl name?
Buddy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 29 boys were named Buddy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.2% of the 22,561 US babies named Buddy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,795
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Buddy since 1893
- 22,561
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 604 babies
Boys and girls named Buddy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 121 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 604 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 1,912 | 12 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 5,103 | 12 | 0.2% |
| 1940s | 4,000 | 15 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 3,449 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 2,744 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 1,889 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 1,291 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 1990s | 583 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 357 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 271 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 159 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29 | #3,795 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,122 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,548 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,310 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,159 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,190 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,381 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,784 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,602 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,896 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,163 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,200 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,011 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,805 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,382 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,805 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,750 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,384 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,904 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,665 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,793 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,548 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,696 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,625 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,383 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,870 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,098 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,755 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,963 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,032 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,798 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,289 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 65 | #1,418 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,246 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,074 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 97 | #1,059 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 104 | #943 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 116 | #866 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 121 | #826 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 116 | #832 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 130 | #758 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 138 | #736 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 174 | #660 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 156 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 139 | #744 | 6 | #9,231 |
| 1979 | 168 | #658 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 174 | #631 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 185 | #617 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 170 | #629 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 179 | #607 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 174 | #609 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 205 | #550 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 231 | #516 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 215 | #549 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 188 | #592 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 213 | #539 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 191 | #546 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 213 | #514 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 217 | #514 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 259 | #483 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 279 | #474 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 303 | #454 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 336 | #435 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 377 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 356 | #424 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 318 | #449 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 350 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 354 | #414 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 346 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 356 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 330 | #395 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 331 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 315 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 370 | #358 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 379 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 344 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 354 | #359 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 378 | #350 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 366 | #336 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 322 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 401 | #299 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 430 | #296 | 5 | #4,771 |
| 1942 | 501 | #266 | 5 | #4,702 |
| 1941 | 456 | #262 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 448 | #264 | 5 | #4,437 |
| 1939 | 499 | #233 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 522 | #229 | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1937 | 551 | #216 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 523 | #221 | 5 | #4,269 |
| 1935 | 604 | #202 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 516 | #227 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 520 | #221 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 467 | #248 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 464 | #248 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 437 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 355 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 251 | #368 | 6 | #4,254 |
| 1927 | 260 | #362 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 226 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 172 | #462 | 6 | #4,504 |
| 1924 | 177 | #460 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 130 | #535 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 126 | #566 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 112 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 103 | #623 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 94 | #624 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 97 | #625 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 72 | #727 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 69 | #725 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 64 | #753 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 67 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 51 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 34 | #736 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 16 | #829 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 40 | #431 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 15 | #723 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 15 | #689 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 18 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 15 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #936 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 11 | #730 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,027 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 15 | #561 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #786 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #847 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,068 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,144 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #678 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #873 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,059 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Buddy reached #202 in 1935. As a girl name, it reached #3,485 in 1938. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1930s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.