Meaning and history
A short form of Buddy.
20062006: 13 births, rank #6,094
2007: 12 births, rank #6,622
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 8 births, rank #8,803
20112011: 6 births, rank #10,808
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: 12 births, rank #6,632
2015: 8 births, rank #8,744
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 11 births, rank #7,095
2018: 13 births, rank #6,345
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 14 births, rank #6,147
2023: 13 births, rank #6,517
2024: 14 births, rank #6,199
20252025: 12 births, rank #6,803
Bud rose from #961 to #859 for boys between 1964 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1928, with 215 births.