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How popular is the name Buckley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Buckleys are alive today.
Buckley (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2326th most popular that year. It has declined since 2023; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
The Buckley you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Buckleys born in England and Wales are between 3 and 17, and there are at least 83 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Buckley - on average, only one in every 3,651 such rooms contains a Buckley.
How many babies are named Buckley each year?
Where does Buckley rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Buckley most popular?
Buckley peaked in 2023, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Buckley?
At least 83 people named Buckley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Buckley?
Most living Buckleys are between 3 and 17; the most common age is about 2.
Is Buckley becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.