Burma
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 931since 1896
Burma over time
Rank among girls' names. Burma has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
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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 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#309 · 1 in 2,312
- Georgia#449 · 1 in 5,424
Best ever in a state: #309 in Florida, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #309 | 7 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Georgia | #449 | 6 | 1 in 5,424 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Burma
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1941 at #1,065 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 33.2% of all girls named Burma (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1890s | 7 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,292 |
| 1900s | 29 | #1,547 (1908) | #1,858 |
| 1910s | 125 | #1,540 (1912) | #2,164 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,957 (1922) | #2,344 |
| 1930s | 162 | #1,413 (1938) | #2,064 |
| 1940s | 309 | #1,065 (1941) | #1,615 |
| 1950s | 122 | #2,053 (1950) | #3,717 |
| 1960s | 20 | #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.
Burma in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 25,705 of them was named Burma, which outranked 79.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,052Savannah48
- #1,052Sharleen48
- #1,052Sheron48
- #1,065Burma47
- #1,065Aloma47
- #1,065Augustine47
- #1,065Delfina47
- #1,087Alda46
- #1,087Amalia46
- #1,087Annis46
Tied with 21 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.