Burke
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,118since 1881
Burke over time
Rank among boys' names. Burke has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,641 | 49 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #2,510 | 53 |
| 2022 | — | #2,589 | 52 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,060 | 71 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | — | #2,385 | 55 | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | — | #2,278 | 58 | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #2,276 | 58 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | — | #1,827 | 78 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,104 | 64 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #2,118 | 63 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | — | #2,088 | 66 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,772 | 74 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,419 | 46 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,936 | 60 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,998 | 55 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,895 | 55 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,060 | 58 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #958 | 58 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,165 | 41 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,000 | 57 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,052 | 52 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,321 | 34 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,222 | 35 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Burke! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Burke is popular in 1956
No state had 5 or more boys named Burke in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Burke
- 575 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #2,641)
- 528 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #2,641)
- 365 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1968 (#1,165 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1969 (#958 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1968
- Highest: 1 in 16,789 boys born in 1881 were named Burke (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.5% of all boys named Burke (637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #781 (1881) | #815 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 255 | #1,222 (1922) | #1,505 |
| 1930s | 196 | #1,330 (1933) | #1,589 |
| 1940s | 219 | #1,258 (1943) | #1,548 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,200 (1954) | #1,437 |
| 1960s | 427 | #958 (1968) | #1,228 |
| 1970s | 433 | #1,031 (1970) | #1,371 |
| 1980s | 281 | #1,399 (1983) | #2,103 |
| 1990s | 281 | #1,932 (1999) | #2,773 |
| 2000s | 594 | #1,772 (2005) | #2,056 |
| 2010s | 637 | #1,827 (2013) | #2,156 |
| 2020s | 328 | #2,060 (2021) | #2,522 |
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.
Burke in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 68,236 of them was named Burke, which outranked 68.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,362Turner32
- #1,362Waymond32
- #1,362Wendel32
- #1,385Burke31
- #1,385Benjiman31
- #1,385Burley31
- #1,385Candelario31
- #1,418Addison30
- #1,418Anastacio30
- #1,418Armond30
Tied with 32 names at #1,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.