Buzz
About Buzz
Brother for Biff and Bud. McFly rocker Tom Fletcher transformed this from midcentury short form to modern cool name when he used it for his newborn son.
Pronounced BUZ.
As of October 2026, Buzz ranked #9867 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1732 in 1951.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Buzz on lists
Famous Buzzs
- Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin
American astronaut
- Roger "Buzz" Osborne
American guitarist of The Melvins
- J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner
American psychologist and TV commentator
- Russell Loris "Buzz" Arlett
American baseball player
- Charles "Buzz" Guarnera
American trumpeter
- Madison Monroe "Buzz" Nutter
American NFL player
- Leslie "Buzz" Parsons
Canadian soccer player
- Brent Langdon "Buzz" Williams
American basketball coach
- Harry Gerard "Buzz" Bissinger III
American author and journalist
- Buzz Sawyer
ring name of Bruce Alan Woyan, American pro wrestler
- Buzz Michelangelo Fletcher (b. 2014)
son of singer Tom Fletcher & author Giovanna Fletcher
Buzz in pop culture
- Buzz Lightyear
character in the "Toy Story" movies
- Buzz McCallister
character in the "Home Alone" films
- Buzz Thompson
a recurring character on TV's "Dawson's Creek"
- Buzz Buzzard
nemesis of Woody Woodpecker
- Buzz McNab
character on TV series "Psych"
- Buzz Rickson
character in "The War Lover"
- The Buzz aka Jack "JJ" Jameson
character in Marvel's Spider,Girl comics
- Buzz
bee in the Donkey Kong video game series
- Buzz Buzz
character in video game EarthBound
- Buzz
a Neopet from an online virtual pet site
- Buzz
title character of the Buzz! quiz video games
- Buzz
Rhynoc boss from the game "Spyro the Dragon"
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mascot of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets