Burns
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 584since 1886
Burns over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Burns has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Burns! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Burns is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Burns in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Burns
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1886–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
- Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Burns (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 28.8% of all boys named Burns (168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 12 | #841 (1891) | #910 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 123 | #1,304 (1916) | #1,891 |
| 1920s | 168 | #1,323 (1920) | #2,069 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,544 |
| 1940s | 69 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,688 |
| 1950s | 70 | #1,879 (1950) | #2,890 |
| 1960s | 29 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,733 |
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,744 (2016) | #10,744 |
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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