Burley

Last seen for girls in 1940 at #4,349 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 12 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,310
since 1880

Burley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #547, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017
2016#12,1855
2015
2014#10,7176
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#10,3495
1999#9,9125
1998#9,6315
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984#5,5616
1983#4,1419
1982#5,6196
1981#3,60111
1980#4,1349
1979#4,0689
1978#4,1578
1977#3,8369
1976#4,4187
1975#3,9418
1974#3,5589
1973#3,4459
1972#2,41815
1971#2,68613
1970#3,07110
1969#2,41513
1968#1,83619
1967#2,61110
1966#1,61323
1965#2,17814
1964#2,20514
1963#2,04416
1962#2,8489
1961#1,63524
1960#1,61925
1959#2,11115
1958#1,89618
1957#1,51127
1956#1,38531
1955#1,72520
1954#1,95616
1953#1,50825
1952#1,43028
1951#1,40728
1950#1,43426
1949#1,32230
1948#1,23134
1947#1,36329
1946#1,29929
1945#1,07836
1944#1,31126
1943#1,05341
1942#1,21433
1941#1,48521
1940#4,3495#1,00741
1939#91646
1938#1,22129
1937#1,14833
1936#98940
1935#1,09835
1934#1,05938
1933#94644
1932#1,12636
1931#1,06540
1930#1,17336
1929#1,09440
1928#1,22834
1927#1,08043
1926#90255
1925#3,6648#1,04044
1924#1,16938
1923#99249
1922#5,0095#95853
1921#4,4646#92058
1920#1,23434
1919#4,8145#1,06341
1918#94350
1917#4,0836#88452
1916#1,01340
1915#87949
1914#94934
1913#91429
1912#73534
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1938
1909#71415
1908#74413
1907#9309
1906#79810
1905
1904#76010
1903#9107
1902
1901#59612
1900#1,9325#68014
1899#7149
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896
1895#7389
1894
1893#65010
1892#59712
1891#7008
1890#7398
1889#6739
1888#8157
1887#7527
1886#6948
1885#7008
1884#54712
1883#6778
1882#6529
1881#7067
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Burley was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1921 (#1,234#920)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1910 (#714#1,193)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #547 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,872
  • Highest: 1 in 8,872 boys born in 1901 were named Burley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #547 in 1884, was only 1 in 9,537 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Burley (448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#547 (1884)#696
1890s68#597 (1892)#760
1900s90#596 (1901)#767
1910s348#735 (1912)#961
1920s448#902 (1926)#1,062
1930s377#916 (1939)#1,074
1940s320#1,007 (1940)#1,236
1950s234#1,385 (1956)#1,636
1960s167#1,613 (1966)#2,100
1970s97#2,418 (1972)#3,560
1980s41#3,601 (1981)#4,611
1990s15#8,236 (1991)#9,260
2000s5#10,349 (2000)#10,349
2010s11#10,717 (2014)#11,451
2020s7#9,554 (2020)#9,554

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.

Burley in 1900

girls
#1,932
5 births · 1 in 59,957 girls
boys
#680
14 births · 1 in 10,748 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #1,932Burley5

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #680Burley14
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 59,957 of them was named Burley, which outranked 13.1% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burley
  1. #1,723Zilda6
  2. #1,723Zillah6
  3. #1,723Zylpha6
  4. #1,932Burley5
  5. #1,932Adabelle5
  6. #1,932Afton5
  7. #1,932Ailene5

Tied with 291 names at #1,932; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 940Rosia#1,596#656
  2. 763Josiephine#1,596#833
  3. 763Lelar#1,596#833
  4. 736Carmel#1,596#860
  5. 722Gloria#1,278#556
Fallers
  1. 1,204Irva#728#1,932
  2. 1,026Dellie#906#1,932
  3. 1,026Marybelle#906#1,932
  4. 949Sada#983#1,932
  5. 949Sidonia#983#1,932

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

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 10,748 of them was named Burley, which outranked 54.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burley
  1. #649Valentine15
  2. #649Vance15
  3. #649Williams15
  4. #680Burley14
  5. #680Angus14
  6. #680Antoine14
  7. #680Archibald14
  8. #699Alden13
  9. #699Alma13
  10. #699Benton13

Tied with 18 names at #680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900