Burk

Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803

Peak · boys
1891 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
244
since 1891

Burk over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burk has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #841, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019#10,8036
2018#10,7606
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#10,7706
2011#12,2875
2010#12,2315
2009
2008
2007#9,7887
2006
2005#11,4725
2004
2003#10,8945
2002#10,6675
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996#7,9716
1995
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1991
1990
1989
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1987
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1981
1980
1979#4,8427
1978
1977
1976#4,4187
1975#5,4645
1974
1973
1972
1971#3,9637
1970#3,8367
1969#2,68211
1968#3,6736
1967
1966#3,2497
1965
1964#2,8549
1963#3,0448
1962#4,0335
1961#4,0655
1960
1959
1958#3,5596
1957#3,5526
1956
1955
1954#3,8275
1953
1952#3,3736
1951
1950
1949
1948#3,6685
1947
1946
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1944
1943
1942#3,5605
1941
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1938
1937#3,5185
1936
1935#3,6455
1934
1933
1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930
1929
1928
1927#4,2105
1926#4,2015
1925#3,1558
1924
1923
1922#2,80110
1921
1920#4,2865
1919#4,1685
1918
1917#3,9815
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1891#8416
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Burk! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Burk
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
  • Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Burk (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 299,036 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Burk (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#841 (1891)#841
1900s0
1910s10#3,981 (1917)#4,075
1920s33#2,801 (1922)#3,731
1930s22#3,361 (1932)#3,479
1940s10#3,560 (1942)#3,614
1950s23#3,373 (1952)#3,578
1960s51#2,682 (1969)#3,371
1970s33#3,836 (1970)#4,505
1980s0
1990s6#7,971 (1996)#7,971
2000s22#9,788 (2007)#10,705
2010s28#10,760 (2018)#11,370

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Burk in 1891

boys
#841
6 births · 1 in 16,865 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #841Burk6
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 16,865 of them was named Burk, which outranked 25.4% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burk
  1. #766Winfred7
  2. #766Wm7
  3. #766Wong7
  4. #841Burk6
  5. #841Adlai6
  6. #841Alec6
  7. #841Alger6
  8. #963Abb5
  9. #963Abbie5
  10. #963Add5

Tied with 121 names at #841; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891