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.
Where Buford is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#111 · 1 in 620
- Kentucky#137 · 1 in 829
- Alabama#143 · 1 in 810
- Georgia#162 · 1 in 1,091
- Mississippi#165 · 1 in 942
Best ever in a state: #78 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #111 | 32 | 1 in 620 |
| Kentucky | #137 | 24 | 1 in 829 |
| Alabama | #143 | 25 | 1 in 810 |
| Georgia | #162 | 24 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Mississippi | #165 | 17 | 1 in 942 |
| Virginia | #180 | 16 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Florida | #215 | 6 | 1 in 1,303 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 1,720 |
| Missouri | #269 | 11 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Texas | #271 | 25 | 1 in 1,585 |
| North Carolina | #292 | 11 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Oklahoma | #295 | 7 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Louisiana | #345 | 6 | 1 in 2,523 |
| Arkansas | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,475 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Buford, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,717 of them was named Buford, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.