Buckley Boy
How popular is Buckley?
#2,183 boy name in 2025
65 baby boys were named Buckley in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
Buckley popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,183 for boys (▼ 155 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+442% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,671 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (75 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,895 in 1962 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Buckley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Buckley family of names ranked #1,688 for boys in 2025 (#1,623 the year before), with 76 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Buckley | 65 | 86% |
| Bucklee | 11 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Buckley is most popular
Babies named Buckley per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Buckley by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,896 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,316 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,301 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,142 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,434 |
| 1960s | 93 | #1,895 |
| 1970s | 106 | #2,620 |
| 1980s | 60 | #3,028 |
| 1990s | 20 | #5,816 |
| 2000s | 48 | #8,980 |
| 2010s | 147 | #4,101 |
| 2020s | 361 | #2,028 |
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Questions
- Is Buckley a boy or girl name?
- Buckley is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Buckley were boys.
- How popular is the name Buckley?
- 65 baby boys were named Buckley in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
- When was Buckley most popular?
- Buckley peaked in 2024, when 75 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,895 in 1962.
- How many people are named Buckley?
- 1,084 babies have been named Buckley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 886 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Buckley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Buckley was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.