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

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Peak · boys
1920 · 67 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,790
since 1906

Burnell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #1,555, 1929peak #816, 1920girlsboys
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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#12,3305
2021
2020#12,0225
2019
2018
2017#12,2465
2016#12,1855
2015
2014
2013#7,53710
2012
2011#9,6007
2010#9,6937
2009
2008
2007
2006#10,6626
2005
2004#8,1438
2003#10,8945
2002
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999#5,31712
1998#5,15912
1997
1996#6,4968
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#4,44713
1992#4,87211
1991#4,76011
1990#3,60716
1989#3,61815
1988#4,7869
1987#4,23910
1986#4,4579
1985#3,80511
1984#3,10714
1983#3,23013
1982#3,48212
1981#2,77916
1980#3,25613
1979#3,16813
1978#2,47318
1977#2,91014
1976#2,70915
1975#2,54016
1974#2,79913
1973#2,31117
1972#2,81912
1971#3,14610
1970#1,98920
1969#1,91419
1968#1,54426
1967#1,57324
1966#2,46511
1965#1,98716
1964#6,0096#1,61524
1963#6,5925#2,04416
1962#1,38732
1961#6,5675#1,99717
1960#1,43431
1959#1,50128
1958#6,1035#1,30535
1957#4,2029#1,25039
1956#1,20340
1955#3,77810#1,41929
1954#4,2788#1,38230
1953#3,48011#1,01551
1952#2,80615#1,02749
1951#4,8336#1,29532
1950#1,28931
1949#3,8928#1,07243
1948#3,5939#1,07943
1947#4,3457#1,09344
1946#4,4176#1,17635
1945#3,1329#1,01639
1944#2,40114#1,07038
1943#1,59128#1,17034
1942#2,21416#1,08939
1941#3,5597#93846
1940#2,57211#90449
1939#2,12515#1,05237
1938#2,44712#97742
1937#1,78419#86950
1936#2,15314#97241
1935#3,1568#90349
1934#2,74110#1,00741
1933#2,68810#82456
1932#2,03716#92449
1931#1,80319#93948
1930#1,74821#90954
1929#1,55525#93052
1928#1,96119#95051
1927#3,8757#1,00149
1926#2,16517#94452
1925#1,84722#87159
1924#2,13718#96053
1923#2,09118#91356
1922#3,15210#90559
1921#2,12018#86864
1920#2,01519#81667
1919#2,51513#1,02444
1918#2,02918#94350
1917#3,0929#98244
1916#2,36813#97243
1915#3,7956#87949
1914#2,6388#1,12726
1913#2,1649#93028
1912#2,9795#93523
1911#1,11710
1910#1,1189
1909#1,0209
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1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1906

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1920 at #816 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1920–1926
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,886
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Burnell (562) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s14#1,020 (1909)#1,137
1910s326#879 (1915)#1,003
1920s562#816 (1920)#916
1930s467#824 (1933)#938
1940s410#904 (1940)#1,061
1950s364#1,015 (1953)#1,269
1960s216#1,387 (1962)#1,796
1970s148#1,989 (1970)#2,686
1980s122#2,779 (1981)#3,676
1990s88#3,607 (1990)#5,441
2000s29#8,143 (2004)#10,121
2010s34#7,537 (2013)#10,252
2020s10#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 1919

girls
#2,515
13 births · 1 in 86,932 girls
boys
#1,024
44 births · 1 in 22,276 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #2,515Burnell13

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,024Burnell44
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 86,932 of them was named Burnell, which outranked 54.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burnell
  1. #2,384Yoneko14
  2. #2,384Zana14
  3. #2,384Zeola14
  4. #2,515Burnell13
  5. #2,515Adelyne13
  6. #2,515Agapita13
  7. #2,515Alena13
  8. #2,640Adriana12
  9. #2,640Aldean12
  10. #2,640Aldene12

Tied with 124 names at #2,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 22,276 of them was named Burnell, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burnell
  1. #1,009Wilfrid45
  2. #1,009Williams45
  3. #1,009Wyman45
  4. #1,024Burnell44
  5. #1,024Gino44
  6. #1,024Hampton44
  7. #1,024Hezekiah44
  8. #1,034Barton43
  9. #1,034Baxter43
  10. #1,034Colin43

Tied with 9 names at #1,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919