Bufford

Boy · recorded 1912–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0101919121926194019541968

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 48 recorded years as a table
Bufford, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191219
191414
191511
19168
191712
191810
19198
192010
19219
192212
192312
192411
192515
192610
192710
192816
192914
193012
193111
193216
193311
193412
193513
193615
19379
193813
193911
19409
19418
19424
194312
19447
19459
19466
19475
19486
19499
19506
19526
19543
19562
19572
19593
19612
19622
19632
19674
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bufford isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#4,136
How rare
1 in 347,594 boys
Since 1912
507

Bufford was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 19 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bufford doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.