Burdette

Where Burdette comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Burdette.

  • Vowel-ended
Burdette through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #766
    74 babies named Burdette, the most in any year.
  3. 1927
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,350.
  4. 1934
    Burdette Haldorson born
    American basketball player
  5. 1956
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Burdette Haldorson · American basketball player, 1934–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.