Burma

Peak · girls
1941 · 47 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
931
since 1896

Burma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Burma has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1900192019401960198020002020peak #1,065, 1941girls
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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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1965#5,8176
1964#6,7675
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1960#4,4379
1959#4,3009
1958#3,54312
1957#4,9187
1956#4,1619
1955#5,8285
1954#4,6557
1953#2,51618
1952#2,80615
1951#2,39118
1950#2,05322
1949#2,27419
1948#2,00823
1947#1,57636
1946#1,77126
1945#1,26140
1944#1,40133
1943#1,52730
1942#1,30038
1941#1,06547
1940#1,96517
1939#1,79719
1938#1,41328
1937#1,99916
1936#2,03215
1935#2,43912
1934#2,00316
1933#2,05215
1932#2,49012
1931#2,10515
1930#2,30614
1929#3,1379
1928#2,49713
1927#2,02619
1926#2,35115
1925#2,28316
1924#1,99220
1923#2,09118
1922#1,95720
1921#2,37815
1920#2,73112
1919#1,56526
1918#2,37614
1917#1,92318
1916#2,36813
1915#2,05015
1914#2,8767
1913#2,5407
1912#1,54013
1911#2,4635
1910#1,9357
1909#1,9576
1908#1,5478
1907#2,0615
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1903#1,7925
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Burma! It came in at #1,292, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Burma is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Burma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1941 at #1,065 (47 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,705
  • Highest: 1 in 25,705 girls born in 1941 were named Burma (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Burma (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#1,292 (1896)#1,292
1900s29#1,547 (1908)#1,858
1910s125#1,540 (1912)#2,164
1920s157#1,957 (1922)#2,344
1930s162#1,413 (1938)#2,064
1940s309#1,065 (1941)#1,615
1950s122#2,053 (1950)#3,717
1960s20#4,437 (1960)#5,674

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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