Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bufford

#7,231 most common boys' name of all time · #18,174 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1968

Rank among boys
#7,231
Rank overall
#18,174 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
507
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #1,884
Best rank
#1,790 1936
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
192019401960

Bufford first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1968 — 5 5 #4,288
1967 — 7 7 #3,338
1963 — 5 5 #4,209
1962 — 5 5 #4,197
1961 — 5 5 #4,242
1959 — 7 7 #3,401
1957 — 5 5 #4,138
1956 — 5 5 #4,081
1954 — 7 7 #3,295
1952 — 11 11 #2,454
1950 — 10 10 #2,522
1949 — 16 16 #1,919
1948 — 11 11 #2,393
1947 — 10 10 #2,592
1946 — 9 9 #2,623
1945 — 12 12 #2,090
1944 — 10 10 #2,402
1943 — 17 17 #1,817
1942 — 6 6 #3,350
1941 — 10 10 #2,430
1940 — 11 11 #2,273
1939 — 12 12 #2,125
1938 — 14 14 #1,956
1937 — 10 10 #2,412
1936 — 16 16 #1,790
1935 — 14 14 #1,998
1934 — 12 12 #2,217
1933 — 11 11 #2,314
1932 — 17 17 #1,830
1931 — 11 11 #2,420
1930 — 13 13 #2,260
1929 — 15 15 #2,068
1928 — 18 18 #1,884
1927 — 11 11 #2,622
1926 — 11 11 #2,663
1925 — 17 17 #2,001
1924 — 12 12 #2,574
1923 — 13 13 #2,403
1922 — 13 13 #2,445
1921 — 10 10 #2,908
1920 — 11 11 #2,697
1919 — 8 8 #3,225
1918 — 10 10 #2,798
1917 — 11 11 #2,519
1916 — 7 7 #3,304
1915 — 9 9 #2,738
1914 — 9 9 #2,401
1912 — 8 8 #2,011