Buford was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Buford as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,695 (6)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2012
#12,274 (5)
2006
#10,662 (6)
2005
#7,096 (10)
2003
#8,643 (7)
2000
#6,839 (9)
1999
#7,874 (7)
1998
#8,479 (6)
1997
#8,110 (6)
1996
#7,136 (7)
1995
#5,928 (9)
1994
#7,770 (6)
1993
#4,697 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1910 at #311.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.