Burnell

Where Burnell comes from

The dictionaries list Burnell as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,253 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1920
    Peak, #816
    67 babies named Burnell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1950
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,289.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Burnell turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.