Buffy

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,375
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#529
1972 · 319 births
Debut · girls
1951
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,306
since 1951

Buffy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Buffy has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #529, 1972girls
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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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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Buffy! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Buffy is popular in 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedARTennessee: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,676 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #609 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,982 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Buffy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#525 · 1 in 4,676
  2. Georgia#609 · 1 in 4,982

Best ever in a state: #216 in Maine, 1972.

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Tennessee#52561 in 4,676
Georgia#60971 in 4,982
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See more about Buffy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 1,660 spots in 1967 (#2,453 → #793)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1977 (#696 → #905)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1972 at #529 (319 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,769
  • Highest: 1 in 4,769 girls born in 1972 were named Buffy (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 67.9% of all girls named Buffy (2,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s38#3,377 (1955)#4,712
1960s674#620 (1968)#2,847
1970s2,245#529 (1972)#753
1980s273#1,337 (1980)#4,938
1990s9#8,501 (1990)#8,501
2000s16#13,844 (2003)#15,246
2010s16#11,615 (2017)#11,792
2020s35#11,169 (2023)#12,247

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.

Buffy in 1982

girls
#2,150
47 births · 1 in 36,028 girls

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #2,150Buffy47
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 36,028 of them was named Buffy, which outranked 82.6% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Buffy
  1. #2,115Terrica48
  2. #2,115Van48
  3. #2,115Wesley48
  4. #2,150Buffy47
  5. #2,150Autum47
  6. #2,150Caridad47
  7. #2,150Carleen47
  8. #2,185Alex46
  9. #2,185Annamaria46
  10. #2,185Bradley46

Tied with 34 names at #2,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →