Buck comes from the English tradition, meaning Like A Male Deer.
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How popular is Buck?
1919peak year
Today, Buck is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2767), with only about 47 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1919, 102 babies were given the name (ranked #597 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Buck has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 6,534 babies have been registered as Buck since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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