Burney
Last seen for girls in 1919 at #4,814 · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 883since 1882
Burney over time
Rank among boys' names. Burney has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,190 | 14 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,874 | 18 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
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| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
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| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
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| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
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| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Burney! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1882–1897
- Highest: 1 in 14,095 boys born in 1897 were named Burney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #765 in 1885, was only 1 in 15,400 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.8% of all boys named Burney (157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #765 (1885) | #841 |
| 1890s | 16 | #787 (1897) | #790 |
| 1900s | 35 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,188 |
| 1910s | 116 | #1,441 (1913) | #1,814 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,874 (1923) | #2,061 |
| 1930s | 143 | #1,498 (1933) | #2,062 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,636 (1943) | #1,953 |
| 1950s | 126 | #1,746 (1950) | #2,309 |
| 1960s | 79 | #2,300 (1963) | #3,105 |
| 1970s | 38 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,714 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
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.
Burney in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 15,400 of them was named Burney, which outranked 30.3% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 70 names at #765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.