Burgess
Last seen for boys in 2010 at #9,693
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,089since 1884
Burgess over time
Rank among boys' names. Burgess has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Burgess! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Burgess is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#558 · 1 in 6,797
Best ever in a state: #238 in Kentucky, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #558 | 5 | 1 in 6,797 |
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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 Burgess
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1890 at #884 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1890
- Highest: 1 in 18,504 boys born in 1890 were named Burgess (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 274,097 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 19.1% of all boys named Burgess (208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 11 | #884 (1890) | #979 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,186 |
| 1910s | 162 | #1,112 (1913) | #1,511 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,396 (1922) | #1,729 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,505 (1936) | #1,869 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,358 (1942) | #1,752 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,093 (1958) | #2,450 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,327 (1966) | #2,831 |
| 1970s | 64 | #2,418 (1972) | #4,150 |
| 1980s | 58 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,013 |
| 1990s | 16 | #7,271 (1991) | #8,433 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,367 (2007) | #12,367 |
| 2010s | 7 | #9,693 (2010) | #9,693 |
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.
Burgess in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
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1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 38,863 of them was named Burgess, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,367Vincenzo29
- #1,367Wilburt29
- #1,367Woodroe29
- #1,396Burgess28
- #1,396Alvah28
- #1,396Aram28
- #1,396Bedford28
- #1,434Bayard27
- #1,434Clemon27
- #1,434Clive27
Tied with 37 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.