Bufford is a rare variant of Buford that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Bufford is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1968. Bufford was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1928 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,204 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,275 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,109 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,110 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,138 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,315 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,052 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,009 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,202 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,395 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,453 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #1,876 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,339 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #2,519 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,559 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,017 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,327 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #1,779 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,259 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,355 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,197 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,068 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,911 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,343 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,734 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #1,941 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,142 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,227 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,783 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,341 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,196 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,012 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #2,545 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,590 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #1,940 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,492 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | #2,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,357 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,830 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,624 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,145 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #2,716 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,441 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,218 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,653 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,295 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #1,908 |