Buford

Where Buford comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Buford.

Buford through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys, with 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1907
    Buford Ellington born
    American politician
  3. 1910
    Peak, #311
    63 babies named Buford, its best rank.
  4. 1937
    Buford Pusser born
    American sheriff
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,771.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Buford Ellington · American politician, 1907–1972
  • Buford Pusser · American sheriff, 1937–1974
  • Buford A. Johnson · Tuskegee airmen, military aircraft mechanic, 1927–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.