Burton

Where Burton comes from

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.
— Wiktionary's entry for Burton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #283 among boys — 34 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Burton Downing born
    American racing cyclist
  3. 1925
    Peak, #222
    597 babies named Burton — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1931
    Burton Richter born
    American physicist
  5. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #349.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Burton Richter · American physicist, 1931–2018
  • Burton Downing · American racing cyclist, 1885–1929
  • Burton Jastram · American rower, 1910–1995
  • Burton C. Bell · American heavy metal vocalist, born 1969
  • Burton Malkiel · American economist, born 1932

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.