Burt

Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775

Peak · boys
1880 · 42 births
Debut · boys
42 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,555
since 1880

Burt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Burt has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #258, 1880boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
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2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#10,7756
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002—
2001—
2000#7,4168
1999—
1998#7,5607
1997#8,1106
1996—
1995#7,7926
1994#6,3728
1993#7,6386
1992#3,74816
1991#5,9428
1990#4,16713
1989#3,61815
1988#3,35015
1987#3,33914
1986#2,89117
1985#2,94216
1984#1,79631
1983#2,08525
1982#1,65436
1981#1,43344
1980#1,34149
1979#1,30450
1978#1,06666
1977#1,07964
1976#1,12357
1975#1,00067
1974#1,03563
1973#792100
1972#1,06058
1971#98568
1970#91776
1969#89373
1968#82978
1967#75197
1966#78585
1965#77790
1964#79989
1963#757103
1962#733109
1961#79791
1960#745107
1959#691122
1958#695116
1957#694120
1956#615152
1955#660122
1954#621141
1953#631128
1952#650113
1951#635123
1950#680101
1949#649111
1948#647109
1947#73288
1946#80668
1945#74368
1944#74170
1943#69286
1942#74873
1941#85055
1940#70274
1939#80058
1938#71972
1937#72969
1936#66978
1935#67878
1934#73070
1933#74567
1932#70377
1931#66481
1930#69979
1929#70577
1928#75273
1927#71084
1926#76571
1925#73978
1924#84965
1923#75575
1922#72282
1921#75078
1920#77573
1919#87757
1918#67984
1917#82260
1916#75066
1915#73466
1914#89837
1913#78936
1912#73534
1911#66722
1910#65420
1909#57421
1908#74413
1907#63416
1906#54718
1905#74111
1904#64713
1903#7839
1902#65112
1901#55913
1900#57818
1899#40221
1898#61113
1897#47317
1896#64112
1895#41422
1894#54314
1893#38322
1892#54714
1891#47614
1890#31630
1889#44617
1888#33030
1887#40917
1886#40319
1885#39920
1884#32529
1883#27935
1882#31131
1881#26037
1880#25842
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Burt was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Burt is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Burt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1973 (#1,060 → #792)
  • Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1974 (#792 → #1,035)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #258 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,631
  • Highest: 1 in 2,631 boys born in 1880 were named Burt (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 308,493 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Burt (1,238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s277#258 (1880)#342
1890s179#316 (1890)#481
1900s144#547 (1906)#646
1910s482#654 (1910)#761
1920s756#705 (1929)#752
1930s729#664 (1931)#714
1940s802#647 (1948)#731
1950s1,238#615 (1956)#657
1960s922#733 (1962)#787
1970s669#792 (1973)#1,036
1980s262#1,341 (1980)#2,445
1990s70#3,748 (1992)#6,416
2000s19#7,416 (2000)#9,451
2010s6#10,775 (2017)#10,775

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.

Burt in 1906

boys
#547
18 births · 1 in 7,397 boys

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #547Burt18
More about 1906

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 7,397 of them was named Burt, which outranked 61.3% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Burt
  1. #523Smith19
  2. #523Vance19
  3. #523Wilton19
  4. #547Burt18
  5. #547Abram18
  6. #547Adolphus18
  7. #547Arther18
  8. #568Albin17
  9. #568Asa17
  10. #568Avery17

Tied with 20 names at #547; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1906 →