Feminine dossier · first seen 1951

Buffy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Buffy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.1% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

319

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1951Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

98.1%

2024

All-time

3,306

Buffy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 319 girls were named Buffy.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 98.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,306 Americans have been named Buffy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1951.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.1% from peak

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