# Buck (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/buck/  
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 | “belly”, “beech” |
| Pronunciation | /bʌk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bucke, Book |
| US babies named this | 6,610 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,610 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch. * Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock. * Also as a German surname, variant of Puck. * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,466 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,272 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,199 |
| 2014 | 41 | 2,850 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,067 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,352 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,179 |
| 2019 | 45 | 2,772 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,733 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,380 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,679 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,130 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,478 |
| 2025 | 76 | 1,993 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Buck

- Buck Angel, American FtM pornographic actor
- Buck Jones, American actor (1891-1942)
- Buck Clarke, American jazz percussionist (1933–1988)
- Buck Baker, American racecar driver (1919-2002)
- Buck Connors, actor (1880-1947)
- Buck Kartalian, American actor (1922–2016)
- Buck Taylor, American television actor and artist
- Buck Young, American actor (1920-2000)

## 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.