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
Burton through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #283 among boys, with 34 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Burton Downing born
    American racing cyclist
  3. 1925
    Peak, #222
    597 babies named Burton, the most in any year.
  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.