Buford
Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,854since 1880
Buford over time
Rank among boys' names. Buford has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,496 | 19 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,571 | 35 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,608 | 33 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,132 | 53 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,027 | 56 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,164 | 41 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,027 | 54 | |
| 1962 | — | #939 | 65 | |
| 1961 | — | #855 | 80 | |
| 1960 | — | #905 | 70 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #928 | 67 | |
| 1957 | — | #845 | 79 | |
| 1956 | — | #708 | 108 | |
| 1955 | — | #756 | 93 | |
| 1954 | — | #732 | 97 | |
| 1953 | — | #686 | 108 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #660 | 109 |
| 1951 | — | #675 | 107 | |
| 1950 | — | #599 | 130 | |
| 1949 | — | #550 | 148 | |
| 1948 | — | #560 | 143 | |
| 1947 | — | #526 | 166 | |
| 1946 | — | #534 | 145 | |
| 1945 | — | #525 | 129 | |
| 1944 | — | #464 | 172 | |
| 1943 | — | #451 | 198 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | — | #432 | 183 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #427 | 186 |
| 1939 | — | #446 | 164 | |
| 1938 | — | #405 | 196 | |
| 1937 | — | #406 | 193 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #445 | 160 |
| 1935 | — | #424 | 174 | |
| 1934 | — | #374 | 211 | |
| 1933 | — | #418 | 169 | |
| 1932 | — | #368 | 228 | |
| 1931 | — | #399 | 200 | |
| 1930 | — | #370 | 240 | |
| 1929 | — | #378 | 230 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #379 | 240 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #377 | 242 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #359 | 264 |
| 1925 | — | #347 | 283 | |
| 1924 | — | #334 | 304 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #352 | 279 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #334 | 305 |
| 1921 | — | #318 | 334 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #353 | 278 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #357 | 258 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #370 | 252 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #353 | 249 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #341 | 244 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #372 | 209 |
| 1914 | — | #368 | 165 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #357 | 136 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #370 | 108 |
| 1911 | — | #389 | 53 | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #311 | 63 |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #326 | 47 |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #329 | 37 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #401 | 24 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Buford was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Buford
- Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1903 (#583 → #401)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1966 (#897 → #1,164)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #311 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1890–1962
- Highest: 1 in 3,083 boys born in 1910 were named Buford (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all boys named Buford (2,759) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 69 | #554 (1888) | #617 |
| 1890s | 156 | #437 (1895) | #503 |
| 1900s | 277 | #326 (1908) | #427 |
| 1910s | 1,737 | #311 (1910) | #359 |
| 1920s | 2,759 | #318 (1921) | #353 |
| 1930s | 1,935 | #368 (1932) | #406 |
| 1940s | 1,652 | #427 (1940) | #493 |
| 1950s | 963 | #599 (1950) | #754 |
| 1960s | 587 | #855 (1961) | #997 |
| 1970s | 375 | #1,132 (1970) | #1,477 |
| 1980s | 203 | #1,774 (1982) | #2,692 |
| 1990s | 88 | #3,467 (1990) | #6,536 |
| 2000s | 32 | #6,839 (2000) | #8,310 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,230 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,467 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Buford in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 239,658 of them was named Buford, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 792 names at #4,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,829 of them was named Buford, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.