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
#222
1925 · 597 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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.

See more about Burton
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 1961

girls
#6,567
5 births · 1 in 403,699 girls
boys
#586
182 births · 1 in 11,671 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #6,567Burton5

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #586Burton182
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 403,699 of them was named Burton, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burton
  1. #5,851Ysabel6
  2. #5,851Zenita6
  3. #5,851Zonda6
  4. #6,567Burton5
  5. #6,567Abelina5
  6. #6,567Abigale5
  7. #6,567Adline5

Tied with 960 names at #6,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 11,671 of them was named Burton, which outranked 87.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burton
  1. #583Avery184
  2. #583Jed184
  3. #585Gus183
  4. #586Burton182
  5. #586Les182
  6. #588Dick181
  7. #588Ismael181
  8. #590Reed179

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →