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
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 597 births
- Debut · boys
- 34 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,486since 1880
Burton over time
Rank among boys' names. Burton 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,629 | 31 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,344 | 35 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,105 | 25 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,792 | 27 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,217 | 30 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,732 | 23 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,218 | 37 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,219 | 36 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,362 | 31 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,768 | 45 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,516 | 54 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,482 | 51 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,199 | 63 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,282 | 56 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,174 | 60 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,059 | 70 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,050 | 75 | |
| 1981 | — | #938 | 91 | |
| 1980 | — | #908 | 97 | |
| 1979 | — | #901 | 94 | |
| 1978 | — | #847 | 102 | |
| 1977 | — | #859 | 98 | |
| 1976 | — | #921 | 82 | |
| 1975 | — | #922 | 79 | |
| 1974 | — | #861 | 86 | |
| 1973 | — | #847 | 87 | |
| 1972 | — | #750 | 112 | |
| 1971 | — | #748 | 119 | |
| 1970 | — | #749 | 121 | |
| 1969 | — | #720 | 117 | |
| 1968 | — | #689 | 120 | |
| 1967 | — | #655 | 129 | |
| 1966 | — | #603 | 152 | |
| 1965 | — | #602 | 160 | |
| 1964 | — | #613 | 163 | |
| 1963 | — | #562 | 197 | |
| 1962 | — | #624 | 154 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #586 | 182 |
| 1960 | — | #571 | 186 | |
| 1959 | — | #598 | 171 | |
| 1958 | — | #612 | 158 | |
| 1957 | — | #552 | 196 | |
| 1956 | — | #551 | 191 | |
| 1955 | — | #547 | 183 | |
| 1954 | — | #525 | 192 | |
| 1953 | — | #470 | 222 | |
| 1952 | — | #471 | 217 | |
| 1951 | — | #462 | 216 | |
| 1950 | — | #421 | 252 | |
| 1949 | — | #411 | 270 | |
| 1948 | — | #426 | 246 | |
| 1947 | — | #401 | 293 | |
| 1946 | — | #388 | 285 | |
| 1945 | — | #359 | 273 | |
| 1944 | — | #349 | 293 | |
| 1943 | — | #350 | 304 | |
| 1942 | — | #342 | 317 | |
| 1941 | — | #322 | 334 | |
| 1940 | — | #301 | 345 | |
| 1939 | — | #314 | 312 | |
| 1938 | — | #282 | 384 | |
| 1937 | — | #269 | 410 | |
| 1936 | — | #256 | 435 | |
| 1935 | — | #273 | 399 | |
| 1934 | — | #260 | 433 | |
| 1933 | — | #253 | 427 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #257 | 440 |
| 1931 | — | #243 | 473 | |
| 1930 | — | #227 | 560 | |
| 1929 | — | #231 | 545 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #243 | 518 |
| 1927 | — | #240 | 546 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #237 | 558 |
| 1925 | — | #222 | 597 | |
| 1924 | — | #245 | 551 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #252 | 495 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #256 | 479 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #249 | 503 |
| 1920 | — | #263 | 433 | |
| 1919 | — | #248 | 456 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #251 | 450 |
| 1917 | — | #252 | 398 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #266 | 358 |
| 1915 | — | #268 | 328 | |
| 1914 | — | #285 | 244 | |
| 1913 | — | #266 | 207 | |
| 1912 | — | #280 | 163 | |
| 1911 | — | #288 | 84 | |
| 1910 | — | #345 | 53 | |
| 1909 | — | #318 | 52 | |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #324 | 43 | |
| 1906 | — | #281 | 50 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | — | #306 | 41 | |
| 1903 | — | #253 | 52 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #354 | 38 | |
| 1899 | — | #311 | 32 | |
| 1898 | — | #307 | 38 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #282 | 42 | |
| 1895 | — | #358 | 27 | |
| 1894 | — | #332 | 29 | |
| 1893 | — | #317 | 30 | |
| 1892 | — | #329 | 32 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #328 | 28 | |
| 1889 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1888 | — | #278 | 42 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1885 | — | #298 | 32 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #261 | 40 | |
| 1882 | — | #277 | 38 | |
| 1881 | — | #237 | 42 | |
| 1880 | — | #283 | 34 | |
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.
See more about Burton
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1925 at #222 (597 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1981
- 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%)
- 23.2% of all boys named Burton (5,225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 348 | #237 (1881) | #290 |
| 1890s | 313 | #282 (1896) | #324 |
| 1900s | 404 | #253 (1903) | #328 |
| 1910s | 2,741 | #248 (1919) | #275 |
| 1920s | 5,225 | #222 (1925) | #244 |
| 1930s | 4,273 | #227 (1930) | #263 |
| 1940s | 2,960 | #301 (1940) | #365 |
| 1950s | 1,998 | #421 (1950) | #521 |
| 1960s | 1,560 | #562 (1963) | #623 |
| 1970s | 980 | #748 (1971) | #841 |
| 1980s | 673 | #908 (1980) | #1,192 |
| 1990s | 323 | #1,768 (1991) | #2,511 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,217 (2004) | #3,753 |
| 2010s | 279 | #3,115 (2012) | #3,802 |
| 2020s | 159 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Burton, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,252 of them was named Burton, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.