Burgess
Burgess is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 901st, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192228 births
- Best rank
- #901in 1890
- Since 1884
- 1,089people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,089 boys have been named Burgess in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 28 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 28 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Burgess | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 162 | |
| 1920s | 208 | |
| 1930s | 154 | |
| 1940s | 177 | |
| 1950s | 114 | |
| 1960s | 95 | |
| 1970s | 64 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 16 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 7 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Burgess was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Burgess
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Namonpeak 1942
- Durwardpeak 1916
- Vernalpeak 1916
- Halbertpeak 1923
- Raoulpeak 1928
- Weldonpeak 1920
- Kermitpeak 1919
- Vintonpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.