Burnie

Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to boys 93.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
876
since 1888

Burnie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #1,279, 1889peak #814, 1890girlsboys
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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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1988#7,2705
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1976#3,7249
1975
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1973#3,4459
1972#3,15210
1971#3,9637
1970
1969#3,5957
1968#3,3657
1967#2,35212
1966#2,7849
1965#2,61710
1964
1963#2,67310
1962#2,50411
1961#2,70610
1960#2,8719
1959#2,8219
1958#2,8189
1957#2,01916
1956#3,2167
1955#2,9648
1954#2,9428
1953#2,09914
1952#1,85617
1951#2,6629
1950#1,81517
1949#5,2445#1,87216
1948#2,11513
1947#1,85017
1946#1,81316
1945#2,13111
1944#2,08012
1943#1,57720
1942#2,04213
1941#2,20711
1940#1,89414
1939#4,2505#2,6098
1938#2,32610
1937#1,99213
1936#1,58718
1935#2,02913
1934#1,65818
1933#3,4067#2,21411
1932#1,84816
1931#3,8486#2,32811
1930#2,7819
1929#4,0536#1,67220
1928#1,90217
1927#2,12115
1926#2,30213
1925#4,9735#1,67921
1924#5,0615#1,77620
1923#1,58923
1922#4,4456#1,95217
1921#1,50925
1920#2,23114
1919#2,06315
1918#4,8095#1,49924
1917#1,90016
1916#1,33526
1915#3,4347#1,78216
1914#2,2719
1913#1,80310
1912#2,0457
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909#1,4405
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1905#1,0916
1904#1,0646
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1896#9826
1895#9786
1894#9546
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1890#8147
1889#1,2795
1888#8157
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Burnie! It came in at #815, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Burnie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
  • Biggest drop: 24 spots in 1895 (#954#978)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1890 at #814 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1894–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,861
  • Highest: 1 in 15,861 boys born in 1890 were named Burnie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.1% of all boys named Burnie (185) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1890
  • Mostly girls until 1889, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#815 (1888)#815
1890s25#814 (1890)#932
1900s17#1,064 (1904)#1,198
1910s133#1,335 (1916)#1,803
1920s185#1,509 (1921)#1,873
1930s127#1,587 (1936)#2,137
1940s143#1,577 (1943)#1,958
1950s114#1,815 (1950)#2,521
1960s85#2,352 (1967)#2,830
1970s35#3,152 (1972)#3,571
1980s5#7,270 (1988)#7,270

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.

Burnie in 1888

boys
#815
7 births · 1 in 17,265 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #815Burnie7
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Burnie, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burnie
  1. #755Vicente8
  2. #755Waymon8
  3. #755Wright8
  4. #815Burnie7
  5. #815Alfonso7
  6. #815Alger7
  7. #815Alois7
  8. #917Abbott6
  9. #917Alan6
  10. #917Alden6

Tied with 101 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 416Dell#921#505
  2. 416Reed#921#505
  3. 377Simeon#819#442
  4. 375Hardy#752#377
  5. 367Hazel#921#554
Fallers
  1. 487Connie#544#1,031
  2. 448Alice#583#1,031
  3. 448Shelton#583#1,031
  4. 401Bruno#516#917
  5. 401Young#516#917

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

See the top 100 for 1888