Buford
#1,120 most common boys' name of all time · #2,651 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,120
Rank overall
#2,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
10,964
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1921 #318
Best rank
#315 1910
Girls
Boys
peak 334/yr
Buford is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,708 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,269 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,211 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,292 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,686 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,113 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,653 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,855 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,891 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,495 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,129 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,154 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,938 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,784 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,708 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,443 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,489 |
| 1990 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,473 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,029 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,536 |
| 1987 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,206 |
| 1986 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,432 |
| 1985 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,227 |
| 1984 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,833 |
| 1983 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,587 |
| 1982 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,778 |
| 1981 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,499 |
| 1980 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,862 |
| 1979 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,512 |
| 1978 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,724 |
| 1977 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,577 |
| 1976 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,611 |
| 1975 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,262 |
| 1974 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,445 |
| 1973 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,555 |
| 1972 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,776 |
| 1971 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,218 |
| 1970 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,134 |
| 1969 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,031 |
| 1968 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,088 |
| 1967 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,107 |
| 1966 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,169 |
| 1965 | — | 67 | 67 | #904 |
| 1964 | — | 62 | 62 | #969 |
| 1963 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,030 |
| 1962 | — | 65 | 65 | #939 |
| 1961 | — | 80 | 80 | #856 |
| 1960 | — | 70 | 70 | #908 |
| 1959 | — | 65 | 65 | #956 |
| 1958 | — | 67 | 67 | #931 |
| 1957 | — | 79 | 79 | #845 |
| 1956 | — | 108 | 108 | #708 |
| 1955 | — | 93 | 93 | #756 |
| 1954 | — | 97 | 97 | #734 |
| 1953 | — | 108 | 108 | #690 |
| 1952 | 5 | 109 | 114 | #661 |
| 1951 | — | 107 | 107 | #675 |
| 1950 | — | 130 | 130 | #600 |
| 1949 | — | 148 | 148 | #550 |
| 1948 | — | 143 | 143 | #560 |
| 1947 | — | 166 | 166 | #526 |
| 1946 | — | 145 | 145 | #535 |
| 1945 | — | 129 | 129 | #525 |
| 1944 | — | 172 | 172 | #466 |
| 1943 | — | 198 | 198 | #451 |
| 1942 | — | 182 | 182 | #460 |
| 1941 | — | 183 | 183 | #433 |
| 1940 | 5 | 186 | 191 | #429 |
| 1939 | — | 164 | 164 | #448 |
| 1938 | — | 196 | 196 | #406 |
| 1937 | — | 193 | 193 | #406 |
| 1936 | 7 | 160 | 167 | #445 |
| 1935 | — | 174 | 174 | #425 |
| 1934 | — | 211 | 211 | #375 |
| 1933 | — | 169 | 169 | #421 |
| 1932 | — | 228 | 228 | #368 |
| 1931 | — | 200 | 200 | #399 |
| 1930 | — | 240 | 240 | #370 |
| 1929 | — | 230 | 230 | #381 |
| 1928 | 6 | 240 | 246 | #380 |
| 1927 | 5 | 242 | 247 | #378 |
| 1926 | 10 | 264 | 274 | #360 |
| 1925 | — | 283 | 283 | #348 |
| 1924 | — | 304 | 304 | #334 |
| 1923 | 7 | 279 | 286 | #353 |
| 1922 | 7 | 305 | 312 | #334 |
| 1921 | — | 334 | 334 | #318 |
| 1920 | 5 | 278 | 283 | #354 |
| 1919 | 6 | 258 | 264 | #357 |
| 1918 | 7 | 252 | 259 | #370 |
| 1917 | 5 | 249 | 254 | #353 |
| 1916 | 5 | 244 | 249 | #343 |
| 1915 | 5 | 209 | 214 | #373 |
| 1914 | — | 165 | 165 | #369 |
| 1913 | 6 | 136 | 142 | #358 |
| 1912 | 8 | 108 | 116 | #371 |
| 1911 | — | 53 | 53 | #392 |
| 1910 | 6 | 63 | 69 | #315 |
| 1909 | — | 36 | 36 | #415 |
| 1908 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #328 |
| 1907 | — | 25 | 25 | #469 |
| 1906 | — | 29 | 29 | #406 |
| 1905 | — | 37 | 37 | #333 |
| 1904 | — | 25 | 25 | #426 |
| 1903 | — | 24 | 24 | #407 |
| 1902 | — | 14 | 14 | #598 |
| 1901 | — | 17 | 17 | #479 |
| 1900 | — | 23 | 23 | #487 |
| 1899 | — | 18 | 18 | #453 |
| 1898 | — | 18 | 18 | #493 |
| 1897 | — | 15 | 15 | #533 |
| 1896 | — | 17 | 17 | #511 |
| 1895 | — | 20 | 20 | #447 |
| 1894 | — | 17 | 17 | #486 |
| 1893 | — | 12 | 12 | #596 |
| 1892 | — | 14 | 14 | #560 |
| 1891 | — | 12 | 12 | #548 |
| 1890 | — | 13 | 13 | #548 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #566 |
| 1887 | — | 9 | 9 | #651 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #776 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #633 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #615 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #619 |
| 1880 | — | 11 | 11 | #575 |