Burney

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Peak · boys
1885 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
883
since 1882

Burney over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burney has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #765, 1885boys
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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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1980—#6,2505
1979—#6,0565
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1975—#4,7976
1974—#5,2275
1973—#4,5056
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1971—#2,97311
1970—#4,7245
1969—#3,9356
1968—#3,6736
1967—#3,5596
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1965—#2,36612
1964—#4,0395
1963—#2,30013
1962—#2,67310
1961—#2,32213
1960—#3,0778
1959—#2,03316
1958—#2,37012
1957—#2,19014
1956—#2,01516
1955—#2,43511
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,53110
1952—#2,51410
1951—#2,6629
1950—#1,74618
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,81717
1947—#1,91616
1946—#1,69218
1945—#2,13111
1944—#1,81015
1943—#1,63619
1942—#2,14512
1941—#1,75916
1940—#2,8717
1939—#1,95813
1938—#2,8687
1937—#2,08812
1936—#1,80115
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,78316
1933—#1,49821
1932—#1,92215
1931—#3,3906
1930—#1,60221
1929—#2,09614
1928—#1,96016
1927—#2,29813
1926—#2,56611
1925—#2,01216
1924—#1,89418
1923—#1,87418
1922—#2,04016
1921—#1,90418
1920—#1,96617
1919#4,8145#2,15214
1918—#1,82718
1917—#2,28012
1916—#1,84916
1915—#1,66018
1914—#1,68714
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,61910
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1909—#1,2776
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,0947
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1905—#1,0916
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1902—#1,1375
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1900—#1,3105
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1897—#7878
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1892—#7928
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1888—#8157
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Burney! 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.

Where Burney is popular in 2025

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

See more about Burney
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1882–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,095
  • Highest: 1 in 14,095 boys born in 1897 were named Burney (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #765 in 1885, was only 1 in 15,400 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.8% of all boys named Burney (157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#765 (1885)#841
1890s16#787 (1897)#790
1900s35#1,091 (1905)#1,188
1910s116#1,441 (1913)#1,814
1920s157#1,874 (1923)#2,061
1930s143#1,498 (1933)#2,062
1940s149#1,636 (1943)#1,953
1950s126#1,746 (1950)#2,309
1960s79#2,300 (1963)#3,105
1970s38#2,973 (1971)#4,714
1980s5#6,250 (1980)#6,250

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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