Fun Facts About the Name Bush
- 80 babies named Bush: U.S. records list 80 babies given the name Bush from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bush Mean?
Bush is an English surname used as a given name. Its established meaning is "dweller by the bush" or "dweller by the thicket." It comes from Middle English bush or busk, meaning "bush" or "thicket," which developed from Old English busc or bysc. The word is related to Dutch bos and German Busch, all from a West Germanic root for a shrub or clump of shrubs.
As a surname, Bush was originally a topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or thicket. It could also be a habitational name from a place named with this word. The surname can also come from German Busch, which has the same topographic sense and has sometimes been anglicized to Bush in English-speaking countries. The literal sense is a shrub or thicket; later symbolic uses of "bush" in other contexts do not change the name's origin.
Bush Name History & Origins
The English surname Bush belongs to the large group of topographic surnames that became hereditary in the later Middle Ages. It described a person who lived by a bush or thicket, using the everyday Middle English word bush or busk. The same word appears in place names and field names, which could also give rise to the surname. In some families, Bush is an Americanized form of German Busch, brought to North America by immigrants.
As a given name, Bush is uncommon. It is a transferred use of the surname rather than a traditional first name with a long independent history. The surname is widely known in the United States through the Bush political family, including President George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush, but that prominence belongs to the surname.
How Popular is the Name Bush?
Bush recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1915. Its best rank was #809 in 1889.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #11,122 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,204 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,759 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1928 | #3,401 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #4,283 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,421 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #3,445 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1918 | #4,260 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,070 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #2,325 | 11 | 0.0013% |
| 1912 | #2,596 | 5 | 0.0012% |
| 1890 | #1,023 | 5 | 0.0045% |
| 1889 | #809 | 7 | 0.0063% |
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 Bush 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 seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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