Burl
Burl is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 381st, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921211 births
- Best rank
- #381in 1887
- Since 1880
- 7,180people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,180 boys have been named Burl in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 211 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 211 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Burl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | |
| 1890s | 135 | |
| 1900s | 180 | |
| 1910s | 989 | |
| 1920s | 1,656 | |
| 1930s | 1,292 | |
| 1940s | 994 | |
| 1950s | 832 | |
| 1960s | 452 | |
| 1970s | 265 | |
| 1980s | 144 | |
| 1990s | 42 | |
| 2000s | 18 | |
| 2010s | 18 | |
| 2020s | 11 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Burl was the 418th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Burl
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Wilfordpeak 1926
- Clydepeak 1920
- Howardpeak 1921
- Eldridgepeak 1924
- Bertrampeak 1923
- Herbertpeak 1928
- Nedpeak 1939
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.