Burke
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,118since 1881
Burke over time
Rank among boys' names. Burke has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,641 | 49 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #2,510 | 53 |
| 2022 | — | #2,589 | 52 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,060 | 71 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | — | #2,385 | 55 | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | — | #2,278 | 58 | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #2,276 | 58 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | — | #1,827 | 78 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,104 | 64 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #2,118 | 63 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | — | #2,088 | 66 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,772 | 74 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,419 | 46 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,936 | 60 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,998 | 55 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,895 | 55 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,060 | 58 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #958 | 58 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,165 | 41 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,000 | 57 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,052 | 52 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,321 | 34 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,222 | 35 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Burke! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burke
- 575 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,641)
- 528 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #2,641)
- 365 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1968 (#1,165 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1969 (#958 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1968
- Highest: 1 in 16,789 boys born in 1881 were named Burke (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.5% of all boys named Burke (637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #781 (1881) | #815 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 255 | #1,222 (1922) | #1,505 |
| 1930s | 196 | #1,330 (1933) | #1,589 |
| 1940s | 219 | #1,258 (1943) | #1,548 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,200 (1954) | #1,437 |
| 1960s | 427 | #958 (1968) | #1,228 |
| 1970s | 433 | #1,031 (1970) | #1,371 |
| 1980s | 281 | #1,399 (1983) | #2,103 |
| 1990s | 281 | #1,932 (1999) | #2,773 |
| 2000s | 594 | #1,772 (2005) | #2,056 |
| 2010s | 637 | #1,827 (2013) | #2,156 |
| 2020s | 328 | #2,060 (2021) | #2,522 |
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.
Burke in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 255,194 of them was named Burke, which outranked 32.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,931Zyleigh8
- #11,931Zymira8
- #11,931Zynae8
- #13,069Burke7
- #13,069Aadvika7
- #13,069Aaleahya7
- #13,069Aaliyahrose7
- #14,558Aalaiyah6
- #14,558Aalana6
- #14,558Aalanah6
Tied with 1,488 names at #13,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 26,679 of them was named Burke, which outranked 85.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,959Shlok73
- #1,959Sloan73
- #1,959Zyion73
- #1,979Burke72
- #1,979Ayush72
- #1,979Azaiah72
- #1,979Caeden72
- #2,000Advik71
- #2,000Barron71
- #2,000Brennon71
Tied with 20 names at #1,979; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.