Burgess

Last seen for boys in 2010 at #9,693

Peak · boys
1890 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,089
since 1884

Burgess over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burgess has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #884, 1890boys
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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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2010#9,6937
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2007#12,3675
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1999#9,9125
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1991#7,2716
1990#8,1175
1989—
1988—
1987#4,5739
1986#5,9266
1985#4,6988
1984#4,9737
1983#5,4846
1982#5,0037
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
1979—
1978#4,1578
1977#5,1236
1976#4,0128
1975#5,4645
1974#3,5589
1973#4,5056
1972#2,41815
1971#3,9637
1970—
1969#3,9356
1968#2,73510
1967#2,7609
1966#2,32712
1965#2,7809
1964#2,54611
1963#2,41412
1962#2,8489
1961#3,0978
1960#2,8719
1959#3,6196
1958#2,09315
1957#2,63110
1956#2,26313
1955#2,30212
1954#2,20713
1953#2,53110
1952#2,15313
1951#2,49510
1950#2,20712
1949#2,12313
1948#1,88116
1947#1,78618
1946#1,94914
1945#1,85214
1944#1,43822
1943#1,63619
1942#1,35826
1941#1,41123
1940#2,08112
1939#2,28810
1938#1,55919
1937#1,62718
1936#1,50520
1935#1,92914
1934#2,26611
1933#1,77016
1932#1,77717
1931#2,00314
1930#1,96415
1929#1,52323
1928#2,27013
1927#1,79619
1926#1,51524
1925#1,62822
1924#1,62823
1923#1,94117
1922#1,39628
1921#1,70321
1920#1,88518
1919#1,40826
1918#1,59622
1917#1,98615
1916#1,84916
1915#1,55320
1914#1,77213
1913#1,11221
1912#1,52711
1911#1,1909
1910#1,1189
1909#1,2776
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1907#1,0947
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1894#1,0745
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1890#8846
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

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 1942

No state had 5 or more boys named Burgess in 1942, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Burgess
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1890 at #884 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,504
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.1% of all boys named Burgess (208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s11#884 (1890)#979
1900s13#1,094 (1907)#1,186
1910s162#1,112 (1913)#1,511
1920s208#1,396 (1922)#1,729
1930s154#1,505 (1936)#1,869
1940s177#1,358 (1942)#1,752
1950s114#2,093 (1958)#2,450
1960s95#2,327 (1966)#2,831
1970s64#2,418 (1972)#4,150
1980s58#4,509 (1981)#5,013
1990s16#7,271 (1991)#8,433
2000s5#12,367 (2007)#12,367
2010s7#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 1942

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#1,358
26 births · 1 in 53,122 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,358Burgess26
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 53,122 of them was named Burgess, which outranked 66.4% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burgess
  1. #1,334Reynolds27
  2. #1,334Sumner27
  3. #1,334Urban27
  4. #1,358Burgess26
  5. #1,358Adelbert26
  6. #1,358Blas26
  7. #1,358Cal26
  8. #1,381Abelardo25
  9. #1,381Baldemar25
  10. #1,381Brett25

Tied with 22 names at #1,358; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →