Burton
Burton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 222nd, in 1925.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1925597 births
- Best rank
- #222in 1925
- Since 1880
- 22,464people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,464 boys have been named Burton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1925, with 597 births.
The name has all but left use: 19 births in 2024, against 597 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 102 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Burton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 348 | |
| 1890s | 313 | |
| 1900s | 404 | |
| 1910s | 2,741 | |
| 1920s | 5,225 | |
| 1930s | 4,273 | |
| 1940s | 2,960 | |
| 1950s | 1,998 | |
| 1960s | 1,560 | |
| 1970s | 981 | |
| 1980s | 674 | |
| 1990s | 323 | |
| 2000s | 250 | |
| 2010s | 278 | |
| 2020s | 136 |
In 1925, its biggest year
Burton was the 222nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1925 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1925.
Names that rose and fell with Burton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rollandpeak 1928
- Wilburnpeak 1926
- Irwinpeak 1925
- Wallacepeak 1923
- Eugenepeak 1927
- Bertrandpeak 1924
- Sanfordpeak 1929
- Autherpeak 1926
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.