Buffi — girls' name
194 babies named Buffi in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Buffi was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Buffi in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Buffi
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Buffi between 1967 and 1981, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Buffi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Buffi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Buffi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Buffi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Buffi 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 194 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.
Buffi at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Buffi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1967
- Peak year (1975)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
194 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 22 births in a single year.
Buffi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 151 births that decade — 78% of Buffi's all-time total
Buffi decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Buffi's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Buffi by state
Where Buffi concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.