Given name
Buzz
“a popular young man”
Buzz is used as a given name. One Scottish interpretation is “a popular young man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a popular young man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
In English usage, Buzz is an affectionate form of Busby.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Buzz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 280
- 280 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,867 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,867 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 399 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Buzz’s family of names
In English usage, Buzz is an affectionate form of Busby. Buzz has a related form in Buzze. Buzz has a related form in Buzzea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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