Burnett

Where Burnett comes from

Burnett hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1874
    Burnett Hillman Streeter born
    British biblical scholar and textual critic
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #631
    9 babies named Burnett — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1905
    Burnett Guffey born
    American cinematographer
  6. 1969
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Burnett Guffey · American cinematographer, 1905–1983
  • Burnett Hillman Streeter · British biblical scholar and textual critic, 1874–1937
  • Burnett Bolloten · British writer and scholar, 1909–1987
  • Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield · American politician, 1870–1940
  • Burnett Bullock · cricketer, 1896–1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.