Feminine dossier · first seen 1951

Buffy

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1972

Peak era

1972

Peak births

319

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen X

1951Peak 19722025

Quick answers about Buffy

An estimated 3,091 living Americans are named Buffy.

Buffy fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Buffy is approximately 53 years, with most bearers falling between 50 and 56 years old.

Not especially. Buffy has been declining since its 1972 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

3,306

Buffy last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 3,306 American girls received the name.

Buffy peaked in 1972, when 319 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 3,306 Americans named Buffy since 1951.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1972

Living profile

3,091

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age53

Core range50–56

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Flash Flood

A concentrated generational spike rather than a slow classic.