Buddy

Boy name

Buddy has been given to 22,585 babies in the U.S. since 1893. It peaked in 1935.

Meaning & origin

From buddy.

Origin: English

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

22,585

Peak year

1935 (604 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1893

10-year trend

▼ -15%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Buddy.

22,834 babies since 1884

17,297 babies since 1880

29,321 babies since 1880

15,044 babies since 1880

30,652 babies since 1889

11,988 babies since 1880

38,024 babies since 1895

41,677 babies since 1881

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