Boy
Bud
Bud is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
EnglishEnglish nickname
EtymologyMeaning "friend, brother" (from "buddy")
Births by decade
1900s
340
1910s
1,202
1920s
1,882
1930s
1,512
1940s
993
1950s
1,096
1960s
677
1970s
341
1980s
361
1990s
147
2000s
50
2010s
62
Peaked in the 1920s · 8,663 total U.S. births since 1900