Buster comes from the English tradition, meaning One Who Breaks Things.
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How popular is Buster?
1918peak year
Buster has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #6784), with about 13 babies named Buster each year. In 1918, 246 babies received the name (ranked #379). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 8,166.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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