Burke

Where Burke comes from

Burke hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #781
    #781 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1903
    Burke Jones born
    American soccer player
  4. 1937
    Burke Byrnes born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Burke Byrnes · American actor, born 1937
  • Burke Jones · American soccer player, 1903–1983
  • Burke Moses · American actor, born 1959
  • Burke Henry · Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, born 1979
  • Burke Badenhop · Major League Baseball pitcher, member of the Milwaukee Brewers organization, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.