Burleigh
Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 467since 1892
Burleigh over time
Rank among boys' names. Burleigh has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
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| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
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| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
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| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Burleigh! It came in at #956, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burleigh
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #956 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1892
- Highest: 1 in 20,339 boys born in 1892 were named Burleigh (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,689 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
- 29.3% of all boys named Burleigh (137) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #956 (1892) | #1,004 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 59 | #2,152 (1919) | #2,690 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,096 (1929) | #2,661 |
| 1930s | 137 | #1,254 (1932) | #2,213 |
| 1940s | 78 | #2,076 (1947) | #2,704 |
| 1950s | 51 | #2,495 (1951) | #3,162 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,318 (1963) | #3,428 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,907 |
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.
Burleigh in 1892
Top boys' names in 1892
More about 1892
boys
122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 20,339 of them was named Burleigh, which outranked 24.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #861Wylie7
- #861Young7
- #861Zeb7
- #956Burleigh6
- #956Ada6
- #956Add6
- #956Albion6
- #1,066Adolf5
- #1,066Agnes5
- #1,066Alec5
Tied with 109 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
- ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
- ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.