Boy

Burl

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
—
under 5 boys
Peak
#381
in 1887
1950
#686
rank

Burl: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #381 in 1887.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #381 in 1887. No US babies were recorded with the name Burl in 2025.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #381 in 1887.

Babies in 2025
0
Since 1880
7,200
Years on record
123

Babies named Burl, every year since 1880

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Boys

Burl: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #381 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 211 (1921).

About the name Burl

Fewer than five US boys were named Burl in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #381, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 211, in 1921. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #686 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Burl in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 14 babies. In all, 7,200 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,675 babies named Burl.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 24 US boys were named Burl; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 7.

Rarer spellings such as Burle are summarised on this page.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.

Related spellings

No related spellings pass our data threshold.

Rare spellings summarised here: Burle (62).

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.

Nicknames

No nicknames listed for Burl in the open dataset we use.

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2024——7#10,065
2022——5#12,659
2018——6#10,992
2017——6#10,986
2010——6#10,965
2005——5#11,712
2001——7#8,448
2000——6#9,242
1995——7#7,089
1993——10#5,401
1992——8#6,202
1991——11#4,798
1990——6#7,295
1989——5#8,057
1988——13#3,732
1987——7#5,550
1986——11#3,910
1985——12#3,620
1984——19#2,540
1983——14#3,089
1982——18#2,608
1981——18#2,583
1980——27#2,008
1979——19#2,478
1978——24#2,021
1977——22#2,137
1976——20#2,251
1975——21#2,141
1974——30#1,624
1973——30#1,587
1972——31#1,537
1971——32#1,529
1970——36#1,397
1969——40#1,252
1968——43#1,147
1967——39#1,199
1966——34#1,303
1965——45#1,110
1964——48#1,097
1963——47#1,123
1962——45#1,149
1961——52#1,079
1960——59#997
1959——65#954
1958——67#929
1957——71#901
1956——80#835
1955——96#745
1954——86#769
1953——90#749
1952——83#771
1951——95#711
1950——99#686
1949——81#766
1948——93#691
1947——106#670
1946——102#635
1945——84#658
1944——86#667
1943——109#605
1942——120#562
1941——100#594
1940——113#556
1939——124#508
1938——110#554
1937——127#512
1936——127#505
1935——137#482
1934——120#537
1933——113#536
1932——144#478
1931——156#449
1930——134#515
19296#4,125135#506
19288#3,467170#467
1927——163#474
1926——152#487
1925——150#494
19245#5,176154#500
1923——157#489
1922——190#440
1921——211#418
1920——174#459
1919——130#521
1918——140#504
1917——130#504
1916——150#464
1915——130#489
1914——92#508
1913——86#462
1912——66#484
1911——28#578
1910——37#454
1909——29#474
1908——21#556
1907——21#513
1906——16#593
1905——21#493
1904——9#819
1903——21#452
1902——9#804
1901——15#510
1900——18#584
1899——13#553
1898——12#641
1897——15#519
1896——15#538
1895——8#807
1894——12#598
1893——12#576
1892——16#497
1891——20#389
1890——12#570
1889——12#557
1888——20#419
1887——19#381
1886——21#384
1885——17#442
1884——9#669
1883——11#560
1882——18#429
1881——11#539
1880——14#486

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).