How Many People Are Named Buffy?
people named Buffy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,395 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,312 babies named Buffy in Social Security records from 1951 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
320 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELIZABETH, from a child's pronunciation of the final syllable. It is now associated with the main character from the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (1997-2003).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Buffy (99.8%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Buffy alive today is about 51 years old, and 97% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 55 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Buffy first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 1971, to 320 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2024
๐ Rank History
Buffy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #529, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #529 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #692 in the 1970s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Buffy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Buffy were born in California than in any other state: about 267 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Buffy was given 3.2 times as often in Tennessee, 3 times in Georgia and 2.7 times in Kentucky.
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