Burley

Last seen for girls in 1940 at #4,349 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 12 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,310
since 1880

Burley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #547, 1884boys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020—#9,5547
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016—#12,1855
2015——
2014—#10,7176
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002——
2001——
2000—#10,3495
1999—#9,9125
1998—#9,6315
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993——
1992——
1991—#8,2365
1990——
1989——
1988——
1987——
1986——
1985——
1984—#5,5616
1983—#4,1419
1982—#5,6196
1981—#3,60111
1980—#4,1349
1979—#4,0689
1978—#4,1578
1977—#3,8369
1976—#4,4187
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,5589
1973—#3,4459
1972—#2,41815
1971—#2,68613
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,41513
1968—#1,83619
1967—#2,61110
1966—#1,61323
1965—#2,17814
1964—#2,20514
1963—#2,04416
1962—#2,8489
1961—#1,63524
1960—#1,61925
1959—#2,11115
1958—#1,89618
1957—#1,51127
1956—#1,38531
1955—#1,72520
1954—#1,95616
1953—#1,50825
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,40728
1950—#1,43426
1949—#1,32230
1948—#1,23134
1947—#1,36329
1946—#1,29929
1945—#1,07836
1944—#1,31126
1943—#1,05341
1942—#1,21433
1941—#1,48521
1940#4,3495#1,00741
1939—#91646
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,14833
1936—#98940
1935—#1,09835
1934—#1,05938
1933—#94644
1932—#1,12636
1931—#1,06540
1930—#1,17336
1929—#1,09440
1928—#1,22834
1927—#1,08043
1926—#90255
1925#3,6648#1,04044
1924—#1,16938
1923—#99249
1922#5,0095#95853
1921#4,4646#92058
1920—#1,23434
1919#4,8145#1,06341
1918—#94350
1917#4,0836#88452
1916—#1,01340
1915—#87949
1914—#94934
1913—#91429
1912—#73534
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,1938
1909—#71415
1908—#74413
1907—#9309
1906—#79810
1905——
1904—#76010
1903—#9107
1902——
1901—#59612
1900#1,9325#68014
1899—#7149
1898—#8857
1897—#1,0575
1896——
1895—#7389
1894——
1893—#65010
1892—#59712
1891—#7008
1890—#7398
1889—#6739
1888—#8157
1887—#7527
1886—#6948
1885—#7008
1884—#54712
1883—#6778
1882—#6529
1881—#7067
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Burley was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Burley is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Burley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1921 (#1,234 → #920)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1910 (#714 → #1,193)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #547 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,872
  • Highest: 1 in 8,872 boys born in 1901 were named Burley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #547 in 1884, was only 1 in 9,537 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Burley (448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#547 (1884)#696
1890s68#597 (1892)#760
1900s90#596 (1901)#767
1910s348#735 (1912)#961
1920s448#902 (1926)#1,062
1930s377#916 (1939)#1,074
1940s320#1,007 (1940)#1,236
1950s234#1,385 (1956)#1,636
1960s167#1,613 (1966)#2,100
1970s97#2,418 (1972)#3,560
1980s41#3,601 (1981)#4,611
1990s15#8,236 (1991)#9,260
2000s5#10,349 (2000)#10,349
2010s11#10,717 (2014)#11,451
2020s7#9,554 (2020)#9,554

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.

Burley in 1900

girls
#1,932
5 births · 1 in 59,957 girls
boys
#680
14 births · 1 in 10,748 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #1,932Burley5

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #680Burley14
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 59,957 of them was named Burley, which outranked 13.1% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burley
  1. #1,723Zilda6
  2. #1,723Zillah6
  3. #1,723Zylpha6
  4. #1,932Burley5
  5. #1,932Adabelle5
  6. #1,932Afton5
  7. #1,932Ailene5

Tied with 291 names at #1,932; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

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

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 10,748 of them was named Burley, which outranked 54.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burley
  1. #649Valentine15
  2. #649Vance15
  3. #649Williams15
  4. #680Burley14
  5. #680Angus14
  6. #680Antoine14
  7. #680Archibald14
  8. #699Alden13
  9. #699Alma13
  10. #699Benton13

Tied with 18 names at #680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →