Biff — boys' name

What the Data Says About Biff

The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Biff between 1944 and 1980, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Biff currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Biff performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Biff shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Biff in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Biff in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 254 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.