Bufford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bufford

The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Bufford between 1912 and 1968, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bufford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bufford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bufford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bufford in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bufford 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 507 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.