Buffie
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Meaning & Origin of Buffie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.
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The Story of Buffie
Buffie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1954, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 92 births, good for #1,212 nationwide. About 66% of every Buffie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Buffie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1985, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 869 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Buffie
Buffie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 869 births in the dataset. Buffie's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #1,212. Use the chart and map above to compare Buffie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.