# Buchanan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/buchanan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bjuˈkænən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Buchannon, Buchanon |
| US babies named this | 101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 101 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 9,186 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,103 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,422 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,867 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,828 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,989 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,314 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,605 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,695 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,995 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,042 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,424 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,514 |

## People named Buchanan

- James Buchanan Duke, American businessman (1856–1925)
- James Buchanan Eads, American civil engineer (1820–1887)
- Thomas Buchanan Read, American artist (1822-1872)
- Claud Buchanan Ticehurst, British ornithologist & surgeon (1881-1941)
- Gordon Parks, American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006)
- Charlie Hickcox, American swimmer (1947–2010)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.