Burton

Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1925 · 597 births
Debut · boys
34 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
22,486
since 1880

Burton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burton has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #222, 1925boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,39623
2024#5,06719
2023#3,62931
2022#3,34435
2021#3,58231
2020#4,69820
2019#4,23024
2018#4,35423
2017#4,10525
2016#4,09825
2015#3,14936
2014#3,78727
2013#3,49730
2012#3,11536
2011#3,79227
2010#3,89426
2009#3,91926
2008#4,90119
2007#3,59129
2006#3,88825
2005#3,24131
2004#3,21730
2003#3,73223
2002#3,55424
2001#3,72122
2000#3,76421
1999#3,27924
1998#3,09225
1997#3,35121
1996#2,21837
1995#2,84725
1994#2,21936
1993#2,16236
1992#2,36231
1991#1,76845
1990#1,80943
1989#1,51654
1988#1,48251
1987#1,31656
1986#1,19963
1985#1,28256
1984#1,17460
1983#1,05970
1982#1,05075
1981#93891
1980#90897
1979#90194
1978#847102
1977#85998
1976#92182
1975#92279
1974#86186
1973#84787
1972#750112
1971#748119
1970#749121
1969#720117
1968#689120
1967#655129
1966#603152
1965#602160
1964#613163
1963#562197
1962#624154
1961#6,5675#586182
1960#571186
1959#598171
1958#612158
1957#552196
1956#551191
1955#547183
1954#525192
1953#470222
1952#471217
1951#462216
1950#421252
1949#411270
1948#426246
1947#401293
1946#388285
1945#359273
1944#349293
1943#350304
1942#342317
1941#322334
1940#301345
1939#314312
1938#282384
1937#269410
1936#256435
1935#273399
1934#260433
1933#253427
1932#3,5687#257440
1931#243473
1930#227560
1929#231545
1928#4,7255#243518
1927#240546
1926#4,8515#237558
1925#222597
1924#245551
1923#4,9675#252495
1922#4,4456#256479
1921#5,0995#249503
1920#263433
1919#248456
1918#4,8095#251450
1917#252398
1916#4,4175#266358
1915#268328
1914#285244
1913#266207
1912#280163
1911#28884
1910#34553
1909#31852
1908#40334
1907#32443
1906#28150
1905#38430
1904#30641
1903#25352
1902#36729
1901#29435
1900#35438
1899#31132
1898#30738
1897#36726
1896#28242
1895#35827
1894#33229
1893#31730
1892#32932
1891#30829
1890#32828
1889#36024
1888#27842
1887#34023
1886#28835
1885#29832
1884#27838
1883#26140
1882#27738
1881#23742
1880#28334
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Burton was already there! It came in at #283, and was given to 34 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2008–2011, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 671 spots since 2024 (#5,067#4,396)
  • 302 spots since 2020 (#4,698#4,396)
  • 1,247 spots since 2015 (#3,149#4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1903 (#367#253)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1982 (#938#1,050)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1925 at #222 (597 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 102 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,869
  • Highest: 1 in 1,869 boys born in 1925 were named Burton (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Burton (5,225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s348#237 (1881)#290
1890s313#282 (1896)#324
1900s404#253 (1903)#328
1910s2,741#248 (1919)#275
1920s5,225#222 (1925)#244
1930s4,273#227 (1930)#263
1940s2,960#301 (1940)#365
1950s1,998#421 (1950)#521
1960s1,560#562 (1963)#623
1970s980#748 (1971)#841
1980s673#908 (1980)#1,192
1990s323#1,768 (1991)#2,511
2000s250#3,217 (2004)#3,753
2010s279#3,115 (2012)#3,802
2020s159#3,344 (2022)#4,119

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.

Burton in 1902

boys
#367
29 births · 1 in 4,230 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #367Burton29
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 4,230 of them was named Burton, which outranked 72.2% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burton
  1. #360Odell30
  2. #360Sterling30
  3. #360Vern30
  4. #367Burton29
  5. #367Allie29
  6. #367Buster29
  7. #367Elliott29
  8. #373Emerson28
  9. #373Francisco28
  10. #373Isiah28

Tied with 5 names at #367; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

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

See the top 100 for 1902