Buddy Popularity by Year
Follow Buddy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Buddy birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 23 | #4,396 | Down 603 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 29 | #3,793 | Down 676 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 39 | #3,117 | Up 416 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 32 | #3,533 | Down 236 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 35 | #3,297 | Up 844 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 24 | #4,141 | Up 1,012 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 18 | #5,153 | Down 799 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 23 | #4,354 | Down 573 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 28 | #3,781 | Down 185 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 30 | #3,596 | Up 286 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 27 | #3,882 | Down 728 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 35 | #3,154 | Up 1,026 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 23 | #4,180 | Down 1,178 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 38 | #3,002 | Up 790 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 27 | #3,792 | Up 574 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 22 | #4,366 | Down 1,566 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 43 | #2,800 | Up 944 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 28 | #3,744 | Down 365 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 32 | #3,379 | Up 509 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 25 | #3,888 | Down 1,235 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 41 | #2,653 | Up 135 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 37 | #2,788 | Down 243 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 40 | #2,545 | Up 140 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 35 | #2,685 | Down 67 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 36 | #2,618 | Down 239 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 40 | #2,379 | Up 486 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 29 | #2,865 | Down 771 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 44 | #2,094 | Down 341 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 55 | #1,753 | Up 205 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 45 | #1,958 | Up 68 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 41 | #2,026 | Down 231 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 48 | #1,795 | Down 507 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 78 | #1,288 | Up 129 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 65 | #1,417 | Down 172 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 80 | #1,245 | Down 173 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 98 | #1,072 | Down 15 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 97 | #1,057 | Down 114 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 104 | #943 | Down 77 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 116 | #866 | Down 39 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 121 | #827 | Up 5 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 116 | #832 | Down 73 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 130 | #759 | Down 24 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 138 | #735 | Down 75 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 174 | #660 | Up 31 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 156 | #691 | Up 53 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 139 | #744 | Down 86 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Down 4,404 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 168 | #658 | Down 27 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 174 | #631 | Down 14 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 185 | #617 | Up 12 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 170 | #629 | Down 22 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 179 | #607 | Up 1 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 174 | #608 | Down 57 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 205 | #551 | Down 35 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 231 | #516 | Up 33 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 215 | #549 | Up 43 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 188 | #592 | Down 53 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 213 | #539 | Up 7 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 191 | #546 | Down 32 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 213 | #514 | No rank change |
| 1966 | Boys | 217 | #514 | Down 31 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 259 | #483 | Down 10 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 279 | #473 | Down 19 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 303 | #454 | Down 19 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 336 | #435 | Down 29 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 377 | #406 | Up 18 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 356 | #424 | Up 25 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 318 | #449 | Down 30 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 350 | #419 | Down 5 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 354 | #414 | Down 6 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 346 | #408 | Down 28 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 356 | #380 | Up 15 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 330 | #395 | Down 14 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 331 | #381 | Up 6 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 315 | #387 | Down 29 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 370 | #358 | Down 12 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 379 | #346 | Up 17 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 344 | #363 | Down 5 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 354 | #358 | Down 8 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 378 | #350 | Down 14 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 366 | #336 | Down 4 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 322 | #332 | Down 33 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 401 | #299 | Down 3 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 430 | #296 | Down 30 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 5 | #4,691 | Down 69 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 501 | #266 | Down 4 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 5 | #4,622 | Down 273 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 456 | #262 | Up 2 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 448 | #264 | Down 31 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 5 | #4,349 | Down 899 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 499 | #233 | Down 4 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 522 | #229 | Down 13 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 7 | #3,450 | Up 731 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 551 | #216 | Up 5 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 524 | #221 | Down 19 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 5 | #4,181 | Up 14 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 604 | #202 | Up 25 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 517 | #227 | Down 5 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 519 | #222 | Up 26 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 467 | #248 | No rank change |
| 1931 | Boys | 464 | #248 | Up 21 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 437 | #269 | Up 26 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 355 | #295 | Up 73 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 251 | #368 | Down 6 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 6 | #4,195 | Up 231 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 260 | #362 | Up 31 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 226 | #393 | Up 69 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 172 | #462 | Down 2 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 6 | #4,426 | — |
| 1924 | Boys | 177 | #460 | Up 75 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 130 | #535 | Up 31 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 126 | #566 | Up 33 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 112 | #599 | Up 24 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 103 | #623 | Up 1 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 94 | #624 | Up 1 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 97 | #625 | Up 98 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 72 | #723 | Up 1 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 69 | #724 | Up 26 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 64 | #750 | Down 134 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 67 | #616 | Down 1 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 51 | #615 | Up 120 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 34 | #735 | Up 89 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 16 | #824 | Down 394 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 40 | #430 | Up 284 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 15 | #714 | Down 29 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 15 | #685 | Down 94 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 18 | #591 | Up 22 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 15 | #613 | Up 306 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 8 | #919 | Down 196 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 11 | #723 | Up 286 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 6 | #1,009 | Down 453 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 15 | #556 | Up 223 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 8 | #779 | Up 57 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 10 | #836 | Up 215 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 5 | #1,051 | Up 70 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 5 | #1,121 | Down 447 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 11 | #674 | Up 183 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 7 | #857 | Up 178 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 5 | #1,035 | — |