How Many People Are Named Buford?
people named Buford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 121,761 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,964 babies named Buford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
334 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Buford (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Buford alive today is about 67 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Buford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 334 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Buford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #311, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #10,880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,880 |
| Best rank | #311 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #354 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Buford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Buford were born in Tennessee than in any other state: about 333 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Buford was given 7.5 times as often in Tennessee, 4.4 times in Alabama and 3.7 times in Kentucky.
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