Fun Facts About the Name Buchanan
- 100 babies named Buchanan: U.S. records list 100 babies given the name Buchanan from 1880 through 2025.
How Popular is the Name Buchanan?
Buchanan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,514 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,514 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #9,087 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,031 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #9,992 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #7,692 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,603 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #8,310 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #10,987 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,827 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #8,866 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #9,422 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,103 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #9,185 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Buchanan Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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