Burr

Where Burr comes from

Burr 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. 1862
    Burr McIntosh born
    American photographer, actor and publisher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1884
    Peak, #570
    11 babies named Burr — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1965
    Burr Steers born
    American actor, writer, film director
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Burr Steers · American actor, writer, film director, born 1965
  • Burr McIntosh · American photographer, actor and publisher, 1862–1942
  • Burr W. Jones · American politician, 1846–1935
  • Burr DeBenning · American actor, 1936–2003
  • Burr Harrison · American politician, 1904–1973

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.