Burl
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #4,053 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,181since 1880
Burl over time
Rank among boys' names. Burl has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,618 | 30 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,535 | 31 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,396 | 36 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,147 | 43 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,096 | 48 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #928 | 67 | |
| 1957 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1956 | — | #833 | 80 | |
| 1955 | — | #745 | 96 | |
| 1954 | — | #768 | 86 | |
| 1953 | — | #749 | 90 | |
| 1952 | — | #770 | 83 | |
| 1951 | — | #711 | 95 | |
| 1950 | — | #685 | 99 | |
| 1949 | — | #764 | 81 | |
| 1948 | — | #691 | 93 | |
| 1947 | — | #668 | 106 | |
| 1946 | — | #635 | 102 | |
| 1945 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1944 | — | #667 | 86 | |
| 1943 | — | #604 | 109 | |
| 1942 | — | #562 | 120 | |
| 1941 | — | #594 | 100 | |
| 1940 | — | #555 | 113 | |
| 1939 | — | #508 | 124 | |
| 1938 | — | #551 | 110 | |
| 1937 | — | #511 | 127 | |
| 1936 | — | #504 | 127 | |
| 1935 | — | #482 | 137 | |
| 1934 | — | #537 | 120 | |
| 1933 | — | #536 | 113 | |
| 1932 | — | #478 | 144 | |
| 1931 | — | #449 | 156 | |
| 1930 | — | #515 | 134 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #506 | 135 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #466 | 170 |
| 1927 | — | #474 | 163 | |
| 1926 | — | #487 | 152 | |
| 1925 | — | #494 | 150 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #499 | 154 |
| 1923 | — | #489 | 157 | |
| 1922 | — | #440 | 190 | |
| 1921 | — | #418 | 211 | |
| 1920 | — | #459 | 174 | |
| 1919 | — | #521 | 130 | |
| 1918 | — | #504 | 140 | |
| 1917 | — | #504 | 130 | |
| 1916 | — | #464 | 150 | |
| 1915 | — | #488 | 130 | |
| 1914 | — | #508 | 92 | |
| 1913 | — | #462 | 86 | |
| 1912 | — | #484 | 66 | |
| 1911 | — | #577 | 28 | |
| 1910 | — | #454 | 37 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Burl was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 343 spots in 1903 (#794 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1904 (#451 → #810)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #377 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1960
- Highest: 1 in 5,060 boys born in 1891 were named Burl (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #377 in 1887, was only 1 in 5,337 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.1% of all boys named Burl (1,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | #377 (1887) | #482 |
| 1890s | 135 | #386 (1891) | #564 |
| 1900s | 180 | #451 (1903) | #576 |
| 1910s | 989 | #454 (1910) | #497 |
| 1920s | 1,656 | #418 (1921) | #473 |
| 1930s | 1,292 | #449 (1931) | #507 |
| 1940s | 994 | #555 (1940) | #640 |
| 1950s | 832 | #685 (1950) | #804 |
| 1960s | 452 | #996 (1960) | #1,144 |
| 1970s | 265 | #1,396 (1970) | #1,865 |
| 1980s | 144 | #2,003 (1980) | #3,732 |
| 1990s | 42 | #4,760 (1991) | #6,084 |
| 2000s | 18 | #8,339 (2001) | #9,641 |
| 2010s | 18 | #10,760 (2018) | #10,767 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,894 (2024) | #11,112 |
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.
Burl in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Burl, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 7,355 of them was named Burl, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #495Fletcher155
- #495Morgan155
- #495Nickolas155
- #499Burl154
- #499Aldo154
- #499Isadore154
- #499Normand154
- #504Fernando153
- #504Theron153
- #506Harland152
Tied with 4 names at #499; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.