Buzz

Popularity Trends

The name Buzz is the #7,466 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 273 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,313 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 273 births since 1934.

Buzz first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (first recorded for boys in 1934). Birth data for Buzz is available in 29 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Buzz reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #594) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1951, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Buzz ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 38.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Buzz".

1934 2023 19342023

Key Statistics

Total Births

273

Peak Births

Peak Year

1951

First Recorded

1934

Peak Percentile

2.3%

Current Percentile

0.2%

Peak Rank

#594

Current Rank

#909

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Buzz", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Buzz.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Buzz's popularity from 1931 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Buzz at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Buzz range from Cathey at 84.1% correlation to Susan at 82.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Susan with 1.1M births (100% girls) and the least popular is Kathee with 170 births (100% girls).

Buzz's share of births peaked at 9.9 births per million for boys in 1951. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (25% of peak) in 1997. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Buzz had 3.8 births per million, 38% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Cathey

2,216

84.12% (very strong)

Cathie

5,586

83.32% (very strong)

Kathie

15.1k

83.26% (very strong)

Deberah

394

83.10% (very strong)

Rise

1,144

83.03% (very strong)

Jan

76.8k

82.64% (very strong)

Bruce

387.1k

82.61% (very strong)

Kathee

170

82.61% (very strong)

Vicki

153.5k

82.56% (very strong)

Butch

3,416

82.22% (very strong)

Sherryl

4,109

82.10% (very strong)

Susan

1.1M

81.96% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Buzz

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Buzz. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Buzz is pronounced as buhz, which has 1 syllables.

buhz

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buhz (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B AH1 Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B AH1 Z) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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