Burnett
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to boys 84.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,561since 1882
Burnett over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | — | #1,467 | 23 | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,463 | 25 | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #1,101 | 42 |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Burnett! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 437 spots in 1908 (#1,094 → #657)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1888 (#631 → #917)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1887 at #631 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1887–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,646
- Highest: 1 in 9,646 boys born in 1908 were named Burnett (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 386,406 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #631 in 1887, was only 1 in 11,268 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.3% of all boys named Burnett (333) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
- Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #631 (1887) | #832 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,111 |
| 1900s | 40 | #657 (1908) | #912 |
| 1910s | 259 | #859 (1910) | #1,112 |
| 1920s | 333 | #1,073 (1920) | #1,288 |
| 1930s | 237 | #1,033 (1939) | #1,444 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,280 (1943) | #1,465 |
| 1950s | 197 | #1,464 (1950) | #1,788 |
| 1960s | 127 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,543 |
| 1970s | 55 | #2,399 (1970) | #4,201 |
| 1980s | 37 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,063 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,800 (1994) | #8,800 |
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.
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