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

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Peak · boys
1881 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,118
since 1881

Burke over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burke has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #781, 1881boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025—#2,64149
2024—#3,21637
2023#15,1945#2,51053
2022—#2,58952
2021#15,2515#2,06071
2020#15,0885#2,11366
2019#11,3568#2,08169
2018—#2,38555
2017#9,94310#2,56649
2016—#2,27858
2015#13,0067#2,27658
2014#13,0697#1,97972
2013—#1,82778
2012—#2,10464
2011#14,8246#1,94771
2010#14,9596#2,11863
2009#15,2426#2,23159
2008—#2,08866
2007—#2,13963
2006—#2,10262
2005—#1,77274
2004—#2,41946
2003—#1,93660
2002—#1,99855
2001—#1,98254
2000—#1,89555
1999#14,4115#1,93250
1998—#2,23540
1997—#2,44933
1996—#2,91125
1995—#3,85416
1994—#2,68527
1993—#2,78625
1992—#3,10521
1991—#2,98921
1990—#2,78023
1989—#2,54525
1988—#2,59922
1987—#2,11528
1986—#1,91731
1985—#2,22624
1984—#1,84230
1983—#1,39945
1982—#2,51819
1981—#2,13824
1980—#1,72633
1979—#1,90328
1978—#1,43842
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,39041
1975—#1,50535
1974—#1,24445
1973—#1,26842
1972—#1,06058
1971—#1,16549
1970—#1,03162
1969—#1,06453
1968—#95858
1967—#1,16541
1966—#1,21638
1965—#1,03151
1964—#1,00057
1963—#1,05252
1962—#1,66923
1961—#1,68623
1960—#1,43431
1959—#1,62024
1958—#1,32134
1957—#1,23440
1956—#1,38531
1955—#1,33932
1954—#1,20039
1953—#1,70920
1952—#1,40629
1951—#1,34430
1950—#1,81517
1949—#1,50124
1948—#1,48724
1947—#1,44926
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,40622
1944—#1,57419
1943—#1,25830
1942—#1,38125
1941—#1,41123
1940—#1,98313
1939—#1,45821
1938—#1,43922
1937—#1,68817
1936—#1,72316
1935—#1,45322
1934—#1,49821
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,71618
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,88916
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,38228
1927—#1,87118
1926—#1,46625
1925—#1,53424
1924—#1,35530
1923—#1,75320
1922—#1,22235
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,38228
1919—#1,57622
1918—#1,53923
1917—#1,81517
1916—#1,54921
1915—#1,60019
1914—#1,54516
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,17416
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First appearance
1881

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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #964 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 31,298 boysCAUtah: #290 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,268 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedHITexas: #915 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 19,221 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Burke, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#290 · 1 in 2,268
  2. Texas#915 · 1 in 19,221
  3. California#964 · 1 in 31,298

Best ever in a state: #172 in Utah, 1974.

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Utah#29051 in 2,268
Texas#91561 in 19,221
California#96461 in 31,298
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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 Burke
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,789
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Burke (637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#781 (1881)#815
1890s0——
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s153#1,174 (1912)#1,536
1920s255#1,222 (1922)#1,505
1930s196#1,330 (1933)#1,589
1940s219#1,258 (1943)#1,548
1950s296#1,200 (1954)#1,437
1960s427#958 (1968)#1,228
1970s433#1,031 (1970)#1,371
1980s281#1,399 (1983)#2,103
1990s281#1,932 (1999)#2,773
2000s594#1,772 (2005)#2,056
2010s637#1,827 (2013)#2,156
2020s328#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 1963

boys
#1,052
52 births · 1 in 39,059 boys

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #1,052Burke52
More about 1963

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 39,059 of them was named Burke, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burke
  1. #1,037Tedd53
  2. #1,037Trey53
  3. #1,037Willam53
  4. #1,052Burke52
  5. #1,052Chance52
  6. #1,052Charlton52
  7. #1,052Coleman52
  8. #1,069Anibal51
  9. #1,069Blaise51
  10. #1,069Cynthia51

Tied with 16 names at #1,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →