Buena
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 987since 1882
Buena over time
Rank among girls' names. Buena has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Buena! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Buena is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#431 · 1 in 4,461
Best ever in a state: #431 in Alabama, 1918.
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| Alabama | #431 | 6 | 1 in 4,461 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Buena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
- Biggest jump: 689 spots in 1896 (#1,592 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 810 spots in 1895 (#782 → #1,592)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1889 at #657 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1896–1899
- Highest: 1 in 11,206 girls born in 1893 were named Buena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,692 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #657 in 1889, was only 1 in 11,891 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.1% of all girls named Buena (238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | #657 (1889) | #868 |
| 1890s | 112 | #662 (1893) | #1,014 |
| 1900s | 101 | #871 (1907) | #1,211 |
| 1910s | 225 | #1,218 (1912) | #1,429 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,375 (1920) | #1,792 |
| 1930s | 132 | #1,661 (1930) | #2,432 |
| 1940s | 88 | #2,597 (1946) | #3,466 |
| 1950s | 51 | #3,571 (1955) | #5,145 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Buena in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
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1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 36,176 of them was named Buena, which outranked 75.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,333Theora33
- #1,333Vernita33
- #1,333Zada33
- #1,360Buena32
- #1,360Alverda32
- #1,360Assunta32
- #1,360Bernie32
- #1,380Aliene31
- #1,380Allean31
- #1,380Aloha31
Tied with 19 names at #1,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.