Buena

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245

Peak · girls
1889 · 15 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
987
since 1882

Buena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Buena has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #657, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1959#6,2455
1958#5,4086
1957#5,3776
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1955#3,57111
1954#4,6557
1953#5,0406
1952#5,5635
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1950#5,3015
1949#4,6736
1948#3,35010
1947#4,3457
1946#2,59714
1945#2,91610
1944#3,3788
1943#3,4938
1942#3,7387
1941#2,66811
1940#3,5037
1939#3,4297
1938#2,57911
1937#2,73510
1936#2,26313
1935#1,91717
1934#2,74110
1933#2,8689
1932#1,81719
1931#2,30713
1930#1,66123
1929#2,19115
1928#2,19416
1927#2,02619
1926#2,07618
1925#1,50430
1924#1,87222
1923#1,63726
1922#1,46431
1921#1,57728
1920#1,37533
1919#1,39331
1918#1,36032
1917#1,24134
1916#1,33230
1915#1,47524
1914#1,30323
1913#2,03410
1912#1,21819
1911#1,30013
1910#1,6349
1909#1,05215
1908#1,5478
1907#87119
1906#1,5537
1905#1,05713
1904#1,05012
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1902#1,4387
1901#1,2278
1900#1,10612
1899#90613
1898#88615
1897#98211
1896#90313
1895#1,5925
1894#78215
1893#66219
1892#1,2786
1891#9439
1890#1,2106
1889#65715
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1887#1,0366
1886#9936
1885#8427
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1882#8136
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First appearance
1882

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 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Buena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1889 at #657 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1896–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,206
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.1% of all girls named Buena (238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s40#657 (1889)#868
1890s112#662 (1893)#1,014
1900s101#871 (1907)#1,211
1910s225#1,218 (1912)#1,429
1920s238#1,375 (1920)#1,792
1930s132#1,661 (1930)#2,432
1940s88#2,597 (1946)#3,466
1950s51#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 1889

girls
#657
15 births · 1 in 11,891 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #657Buena15
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 11,891 of them was named Buena, which outranked 55.6% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buena
  1. #641Odie16
  2. #641Rachael16
  3. #641Sammie16
  4. #657Buena15
  5. #657Aletha15
  6. #657Allene15
  7. #657Amalia15
  8. #687Aileen14
  9. #687Albertine14
  10. #687Amie14

Tied with 29 names at #657; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889 →