Buffy
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1972
319 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,312
since 1951
Born a Buffy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Buffy was most popular in 1972, when 319 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.21 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Buffy in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 59%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 12243 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 11615 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 11969 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 8501 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | 8778 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 7134 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | 5678 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | 3726 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 25 | 3242 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 47 | 2150 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 52 | 2009 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 94 | 1337 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 95 | 1314 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 135 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 156 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 212 | 696 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 247 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 233 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 252 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 319 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 314 | 565 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 282 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 243 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 239 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 157 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 24 | 2453 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | 3377 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 10 | 3718 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years