Burr
Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 803since 1880
Burr over time
Rank among boys' names. Burr has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Burr was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Burr
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1889 (#815 → #581)
- Biggest drop: 549 spots in 1900 (#613 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #570 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1882–1889
- Highest: 1 in 9,656 boys born in 1899 were named Burr (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 313,801 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #570 in 1884, was only 1 in 10,404 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.8% of all boys named Burr (167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 79 | #570 (1884) | #676 |
| 1890s | 45 | #597 (1891) | #734 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,250 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,223 (1912) | #1,613 |
| 1920s | 167 | #1,591 (1922) | #1,993 |
| 1930s | 92 | #1,992 (1937) | #2,639 |
| 1940s | 101 | #1,685 (1941) | #2,491 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,091 (1956) | #2,847 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,635 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,435 |
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.
Burr in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 11,268 of them was named Burr, which outranked 40.9% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).