Burnell
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,009 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 82.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1920 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,790since 1906
Burnell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,305 | 35 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | — | #1,203 | 40 | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,176 | 35 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #1,070 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #938 | 46 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #904 | 49 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #869 | 50 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #972 | 41 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #824 | 56 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #930 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #944 | 52 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #868 | 64 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #816 | 67 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #1,024 | 44 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #943 | 50 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #982 | 44 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #879 | 49 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Burnell! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burnell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1915 (#1,127 → #879)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1914 (#930 → #1,127)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1920 at #816 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1920–1926
- Highest: 1 in 15,886 boys born in 1920 were named Burnell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 20.1% of all boys named Burnell (562) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 14 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 326 | #879 (1915) | #1,003 |
| 1920s | 562 | #816 (1920) | #916 |
| 1930s | 467 | #824 (1933) | #938 |
| 1940s | 410 | #904 (1940) | #1,061 |
| 1950s | 364 | #1,015 (1953) | #1,269 |
| 1960s | 216 | #1,387 (1962) | #1,796 |
| 1970s | 148 | #1,989 (1970) | #2,686 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,779 (1981) | #3,676 |
| 1990s | 88 | #3,607 (1990) | #5,441 |
| 2000s | 29 | #8,143 (2004) | #10,121 |
| 2010s | 34 | #7,537 (2013) | #10,252 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,176 |
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.
Burnell in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 80,333 of them was named Burnell, which outranked 54.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,246Wayne14
- #2,246Wilberta14
- #2,246Zell14
- #2,368Burnell13
- #2,368Adra13
- #2,368Adriana13
- #2,368Aileene13
- #2,498Agapita12
- #2,498Ailie12
- #2,498Aino12
Tied with 129 names at #2,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 20,700 of them was named Burnell, which outranked 78.6% 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).