The name Buddy is of English origin, and means friend.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Buddy has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Buddy
Use of the Name Buddy for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
21,004
7,549
1,193
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Buddy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Buddy first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1894, which is the first year shown on the table.
Buddy last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1988, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Buddy
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1894
873
7
1895
1896
678
11
1897
1898
1899
1900
850
10
1901
787
8
1902
561
15
1903
1904
731
11
1905
936
8
1906
617
15
1907
594
18
1908
714
14
1909
683
16
1910
431
40
1911
827
16
1912
736
34
1913
619
51
1914
610
68
1915
756
63
1916
725
69
1917
739
71
1918
624
97
1919
624
94
1920
623
103
1921
598
112
1922
567
126
1923
530
132
1924
462
176
1925
459
172
1926
389
228
1927
363
259
1928
364
254
1929
297
353
1930
267
440
1931
249
460
1932
247
466
1933
220
519
1934
227
515
1935
202
604
1936
221
520
1937
216
549
1938
229
523
1939
234
496
1940
263
453
1941
267
448
1942
266
503
1943
297
426
1944
299
397
1945
328
327
1946
339
358
1947
348
379
1948
358
353
1949
365
342
1950
346
379
1951
357
371
1952
386
318
1953
381
330
1954
395
328
1955
380
358
1956
408
347
1957
417
349
1958
418
352
1959
447
320
1960
424
356
1961
406
376
1962
436
336
1963
454
302
1964
472
280
1965
482
260
1966
514
216
1967
512
215
1968
546
190
1969
538
213
1970
591
188
1971
547
216
1972
520
229
1973
553
203
1974
606
175
1975
606
179
1976
630
169
1977
617
185
1978
631
174
1979
658
168
1980
741
139
1981
691
156
1982
662
173
1983
734
138
1984
757
130
1985
829
116
1986
825
121
1987
864
116
1988
941
104
Totals:
21,004
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Buddy as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Buddy appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 90 times during the last 125 years.