Burt
Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 42 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,555since 1880
Burt over time
Rank among boys' names. Burt has never cracked the top 200 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 | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,341 | 49 |
| 1979 | #1,304 | 50 |
| 1978 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,123 | 57 |
| 1975 | #1,000 | 67 |
| 1974 | #1,035 | 63 |
| 1973 | #792 | 100 |
| 1972 | #1,060 | 58 |
| 1971 | #985 | 68 |
| 1970 | #917 | 76 |
| 1969 | #893 | 73 |
| 1968 | #829 | 78 |
| 1967 | #751 | 97 |
| 1966 | #785 | 85 |
| 1965 | #777 | 90 |
| 1964 | #799 | 89 |
| 1963 | #757 | 103 |
| 1962 | #733 | 109 |
| 1961 | #797 | 91 |
| 1960 | #745 | 107 |
| 1959 | #691 | 122 |
| 1958 | #695 | 116 |
| 1957 | #694 | 120 |
| 1956 | #615 | 152 |
| 1955 | #660 | 122 |
| 1954 | #621 | 141 |
| 1953 | #631 | 128 |
| 1952 | #650 | 113 |
| 1951 | #635 | 123 |
| 1950 | #680 | 101 |
| 1949 | #649 | 111 |
| 1948 | #647 | 109 |
| 1947 | #732 | 88 |
| 1946 | #806 | 68 |
| 1945 | #743 | 68 |
| 1944 | #741 | 70 |
| 1943 | #692 | 86 |
| 1942 | #748 | 73 |
| 1941 | #850 | 55 |
| 1940 | #702 | 74 |
| 1939 | #800 | 58 |
| 1938 | #719 | 72 |
| 1937 | #729 | 69 |
| 1936 | #669 | 78 |
| 1935 | #678 | 78 |
| 1934 | #730 | 70 |
| 1933 | #745 | 67 |
| 1932 | #703 | 77 |
| 1931 | #664 | 81 |
| 1930 | #699 | 79 |
| 1929 | #705 | 77 |
| 1928 | #752 | 73 |
| 1927 | #710 | 84 |
| 1926 | #765 | 71 |
| 1925 | #739 | 78 |
| 1924 | #849 | 65 |
| 1923 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #722 | 82 |
| 1921 | #750 | 78 |
| 1920 | #775 | 73 |
| 1919 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #679 | 84 |
| 1917 | #822 | 60 |
| 1916 | #750 | 66 |
| 1915 | #734 | 66 |
| 1914 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #735 | 34 |
| 1911 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #574 | 21 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | #547 | 18 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #402 | 21 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #414 | 22 |
| 1894 | #543 | 14 |
| 1893 | #383 | 22 |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #316 | 30 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #330 | 30 |
| 1887 | #409 | 17 |
| 1886 | #403 | 19 |
| 1885 | #399 | 20 |
| 1884 | #325 | 29 |
| 1883 | #279 | 35 |
| 1882 | #311 | 31 |
| 1881 | #260 | 37 |
| 1880 | #258 | 42 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Burt was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Burt is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#512 · 1 in 6,349
- Illinois#825 · 1 in 15,657
- New York#955 · 1 in 19,053
- California#1,087 · 1 in 25,052
Best ever in a state: #189 in Hawaii, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #512 | 6 | 1 in 6,349 |
| Illinois | #825 | 5 | 1 in 15,657 |
| New York | #955 | 6 | 1 in 19,053 |
| California | #1,087 | 6 | 1 in 25,052 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Burt
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1973 (#1,060 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1974 (#792 → #1,035)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #258 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Highest: 1 in 2,631 boys born in 1880 were named Burt (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 308,493 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 18.9% of all boys named Burt (1,238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 277 | #258 (1880) | #342 |
| 1890s | 179 | #316 (1890) | #481 |
| 1900s | 144 | #547 (1906) | #646 |
| 1910s | 482 | #654 (1910) | #761 |
| 1920s | 756 | #705 (1929) | #752 |
| 1930s | 729 | #664 (1931) | #714 |
| 1940s | 802 | #647 (1948) | #731 |
| 1950s | 1,238 | #615 (1956) | #657 |
| 1960s | 922 | #733 (1962) | #787 |
| 1970s | 669 | #792 (1973) | #1,036 |
| 1980s | 262 | #1,341 (1980) | #2,445 |
| 1990s | 70 | #3,748 (1992) | #6,416 |
| 2000s | 19 | #7,416 (2000) | #9,451 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,775 (2017) | #10,775 |
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.
Burt in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 24,958 of them was named Burt, which outranked 82.8% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,026Reymundo64
- #1,026Tye64
- #1,026Valentin64
- #1,035Burt63
- #1,035Adolph63
- #1,035Antone63
- #1,035Bennett63
- #1,045Buck62
- #1,045Dalton62
- #1,045Elizabeth62
Tied with 9 names at #1,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.