Burnie
Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to boys 93.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 876since 1888
Burnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
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| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | — | #1,509 | 25 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
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| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Burnie! It came in at #815, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Burnie is popular in 1895
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Burnie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest drop: 24 spots in 1895 (#954 → #978)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1890 at #814 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1894–1896
- Highest: 1 in 15,861 boys born in 1890 were named Burnie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 21.1% of all boys named Burnie (185) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1889, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #815 (1888) | #815 |
| 1890s | 25 | #814 (1890) | #932 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,198 |
| 1910s | 133 | #1,335 (1916) | #1,803 |
| 1920s | 185 | #1,509 (1921) | #1,873 |
| 1930s | 127 | #1,587 (1936) | #2,137 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,577 (1943) | #1,958 |
| 1950s | 114 | #1,815 (1950) | #2,521 |
| 1960s | 85 | #2,352 (1967) | #2,830 |
| 1970s | 35 | #3,152 (1972) | #3,571 |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,270 (1988) | #7,270 |
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.
Burnie in 1895
Top boys' names in 1895
More about 1895
boys
117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 19,566 of them was named Burnie, which outranked 21.2% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).