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.
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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 180,211 of them was named Burley, which outranked 23.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,713Zenia7
- #3,713Zenna7
- #3,713Zoila7
- #4,083Burley6
- #4,083Addis6
- #4,083Adelaine6
- #4,083Adena6
- #4,594Aaron5
- #4,594Abell5
- #4,594Adalaide5
Tied with 510 names at #4,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 17,798 of them was named Burley, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).