Bufford

Popularity Trends

The name Bufford is the #7,232 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 507 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 6.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,079 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 507 births since 1912.

Bufford first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Bufford is available in 48 out of the 57 years between 1912 and 1968. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Bufford reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #530) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 18 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1968.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bufford".

1912 1968 19121968

Key Statistics

Total Births

507

Peak Births

Peak Year

1928

First Recorded

1912

Peak Percentile

2.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#530

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Bufford.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Bufford", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Bufford.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Bufford's popularity from 1909 to 1971 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Bufford at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Bufford range from Voncile at 92.6% correlation to Ardis at 89.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Ardis with 7.4K births (86% girls) and the least popular is Margaree with 616 births (100% girls).

Bufford's share of births peaked at 17.7 births per million for boys in 1928. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (13% of peak) in 1957. In 1968, the most recent period with data, the name Bufford had 2.8 births per million, 16% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Voncile

1,445

92.64% (very strong)

Dorothey

1,147

92.03% (very strong)

Mardelle

953

90.95% (very strong)

Thurmon

1,053

90.86% (very strong)

Ethelene

1,837

90.38% (very strong)

Margaree

616

90.26% (very strong)

Loris

2,275

90.07% (very strong)

Doyal

1,149

89.93% (very strong)

Dorman

1,898

89.86% (very strong)

Verline

1,088

89.75% (very strong)

Durwood

2,688

89.68% (very strong)

Ardis

7,416

89.54% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Bufford

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Bufford. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 79.1% confident that Bufford is pronounced as BUH-ferd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BOO-ferd, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

BUH-ferd

79.1%

BOO-ferd

14.0%

BUH-ford

7.0%

BUH-ferd (2 syllables)

Verified

79.1% confidence

B AH1 F ER0 D

BOO-ferd (2 syllables)

14.0% confidence

B UH1 F ER0 D

BUH-ford (2 syllables)

7.0% confidence

B AH1 F AO0 R D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B AH1 F ER0 D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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