Buster

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Buster: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Buster: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #781 in 2014, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#781highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1578
1998	#2074
1999	#1664
2000	#1241
2001	#1746
2002	#1253
2003	#2189
2004	#1410
2005	#1991
2006	#2538
2007	#4333
2008	#2276
2009	#1649
2010	#1801
2011	#1788
2012	#1367
2013	#850
2014	#781
2015	#996
2016	#914
2017	#888
2018	#1013
2019	#1369
2020	#1548
2021	#1688
2022	#1692
2023	#3112
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #781 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Buster by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Buster in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	260	10 of 10	26
2020s	60	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Buster appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #781 in England and Wales in 2014.

Buster's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#888	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#914	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#781	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #781, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
40births registered in its largest year, 201425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jevon · #781, 26y
Tayyibah · #781, 28y
Zaine · #781, 29y
Hebe · #782, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jevon · #781, 26y
Tayyibah · #781, 28y
Zaine · #781, 29y
Hebe · #782, 29y

Buster was ranked #781 in England and Wales · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Buster and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Buster without appearing here.

Buster moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1788 and #4647.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Buster

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1253 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1092.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1410 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #1135.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Buster

Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #996 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #996 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #996 while Tayla went from #1458 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Buster

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #3112 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #3112 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1765 to #3112 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Buster went from #1578 to #3112 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #781 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Buster by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Buster at a glance

Buster by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Buster moved ahead of

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