Buffy — #13654 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Buffy

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,306 babies named Buffy between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Buffy currently holds the #13654 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 319 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Buffy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Buffy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 287 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Buffy in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Buffy 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 3,306 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.