Buena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Buena

The Social Security Administration has registered 987 babies named Buena between 1882 and 1959, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Buena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Buena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Buena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Buena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Buena 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 987 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.