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
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,310since 1880
Burley over time
Rank among boys' names. Burley has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,619 | 25 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1939 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #989 | 40 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,059 | 38 | |
| 1933 | — | #946 | 44 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,126 | 36 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,065 | 40 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,080 | 43 | |
| 1926 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #992 | 49 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #920 | 58 |
| 1920 | — | #1,234 | 34 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #884 | 52 |
| 1916 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #914 | 29 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #680 | 14 |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
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.
Where Burley is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#288 · 1 in 1,957
Best ever in a state: #230 in West Virginia, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #288 | 7 | 1 in 1,957 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Burley
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #547 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1893
- 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
- 19.4% of all boys named Burley (448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #547 (1884) | #696 |
| 1890s | 68 | #597 (1892) | #760 |
| 1900s | 90 | #596 (1901) | #767 |
| 1910s | 348 | #735 (1912) | #961 |
| 1920s | 448 | #902 (1926) | #1,062 |
| 1930s | 377 | #916 (1939) | #1,074 |
| 1940s | 320 | #1,007 (1940) | #1,236 |
| 1950s | 234 | #1,385 (1956) | #1,636 |
| 1960s | 167 | #1,613 (1966) | #2,100 |
| 1970s | 97 | #2,418 (1972) | #3,560 |
| 1980s | 41 | #3,601 (1981) | #4,611 |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,236 (1991) | #9,260 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,349 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,717 (2014) | #11,451 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 22,252 of them was named Burley, which outranked 77.7% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #998Therman41
- #998Wheeler41
- #998Wyman41
- #1,013Burley40
- #1,013Boleslaw40
- #1,013Christ40
- #1,013Cleon40
- #1,028Arnie39
- #1,028Art39
- #1,028Aurelio39
Tied with 14 names at #1,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.