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Buffy

This name is a diminutive of Elizabeth, from a child's pronunciation of the final syllable.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2024)#13,477

Meaning and history

Buffy is a diminutive of Elizabeth that arose from a child’s pronunciation of the final syllable. It is now also associated with the title character of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
20102010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 8 births, rank #11,969
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
20152015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 7 births, rank #12,142
2021: 7 births, rank #12,206
2022: 7 births, rank #12,243
2023: 8 births, rank #11,169
20242024: 6 births, rank #13,477

Buffy moved from #696 to #905 for girls between 1976 and 1977. Its highest annual birth count came in 1972, with 319 births.

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