Burk
- Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 244since 1891
Burk over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Burk has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
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| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
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| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Burk! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Burk is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Burk in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
- Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Burk (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,036 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 20.9% of all boys named Burk (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #841 (1891) | #841 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 10 | #3,981 (1917) | #4,075 |
| 1920s | 33 | #2,801 (1922) | #3,731 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,361 (1932) | #3,479 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,560 (1942) | #3,614 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,373 (1952) | #3,578 |
| 1960s | 51 | #2,682 (1969) | #3,371 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,505 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,971 (1996) | #7,971 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,788 (2007) | #10,705 |
| 2010s | 28 | #10,760 (2018) | #11,370 |
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.
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