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How popular is “Buford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Buford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Buford” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Buford” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Buford” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Buford” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Buford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Buford” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 17 0.000050193 17 -100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 -100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 -100%
1900 23 0.000051082 23 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 24 0.000062959 24 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 37 0.00008728 37 -100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 -100%
1907 25 0.000053718 25 -100%
1908 52 0.000106416 5 47 -81%
1909 36 0.000070419 36 -100%
1910 69 0.000116808 6 63 -83%
1911 53 0.000082263 53 -100%
1912 116 0.000117402 8 108 -86%
1913 142 0.000124878 6 136 -92%
1914 165 0.000116497 165 -100%
1915 214 0.000116785 5 209 -95%
1916 249 0.000128721 5 244 -96%
1917 254 0.000126573 5 249 -96%
1918 259 0.000119294 7 252 -95%
1919 264 0.000125104 6 258 -95%
1920 283 0.000125075 5 278 -96%
1921 334 0.000143071 334 -100%
1922 312 0.000136295 7 305 -96%
1923 286 0.000124214 7 279 -95%
1924 304 0.000127645 304 -100%
1925 283 0.000121287 283 -100%
1926 274 0.000119343 10 264 -93%
1927 247 0.000106495 5 242 -96%
1928 246 0.000108804 6 240 -95%
1929 230 0.000104919 230 -100%
1930 240 0.000107948 240 -100%
1931 200 0.00009504 200 -100%
1932 228 0.000107991 228 -100%
1933 169 0.000084523 169 -100%
1934 211 0.000101598 211 -100%
1935 174 0.000083258 174 -100%
1936 167 0.000080382 7 160 -92%
1937 193 0.000090582 193 -100%
1938 196 0.000088585 196 -100%
1939 164 0.000074429 164 -100%
1940 191 0.000082947 5 186 -95%
1941 183 0.00007511 183 -100%
1942 182 0.000066622 182 -100%
1943 198 0.000070149 198 -100%
1944 172 0.000063939 172 -100%
1945 129 0.000048626 129 -100%
1946 145 0.000045379 145 -100%
1947 166 0.000046081 166 -100%
1948 143 0.000041419 143 -100%
1949 148 0.00004247 148 -100%
1950 130 0.000037107 130 -100%
1951 107 0.000029047 107 -100%
1952 114 0.000030016 5 109 -91%
1953 108 0.000028025 108 -100%
1954 97 0.000024368 97 -100%
1955 93 0.000023163 93 -100%
1956 108 0.000026194 108 -100%
1957 79 0.0000188 79 -100%
1958 67 0.000016207 67 -100%
1959 65 0.000015633 65 -100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 -100%
1961 80 0.000019313 80 -100%
1962 65 0.000016108 65 -100%
1963 54 0.000013643 54 -100%
1964 62 0.000015948 62 -100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 -100%
1966 41 0.000011796 41 -100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 -100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 -100%
1969 56 0.000016114 56 -100%
1970 53 0.000014696 53 -100%
1971 46 0.000013402 46 -100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 -100%
1973 31 0.000010275 31 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 -100%
1976 33 0.000010876 33 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 39 0.000011722 39 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 19 0.000005492 19 -100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 -100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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