Meaning not yet researched.
Burley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #548 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #548 in 1884. No US babies were recorded with the name Burley in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #548 in 1884.
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Burley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #548 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 58 (1921).
Fewer than five US boys were named Burley in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #548, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 58, in 1921. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,438 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Burley in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 2,350 US babies have been given the name, 1.7% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 467 babies named Burley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12 US boys were named Burley; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 7.
Rarer spellings such as Burlie are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Burlie (179).
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.
No nicknames listed for Burley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #9,732 |
| 2016 | — | — | 5 | #12,490 |
| 2014 | — | — | 6 | #10,925 |
| 2000 | — | — | 5 | #10,582 |
| 1999 | — | — | 5 | #10,105 |
| 1998 | — | — | 5 | #9,821 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #8,361 |
| 1984 | — | — | 6 | #5,658 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,175 |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #5,723 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,635 |
| 1980 | — | — | 9 | #4,179 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,115 |
| 1978 | — | — | 8 | #4,200 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #3,879 |
| 1976 | — | — | 7 | #4,498 |
| 1975 | — | — | 8 | #3,994 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,597 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,481 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,442 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,696 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,098 |
| 1969 | — | — | 13 | #2,432 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,846 |
| 1967 | — | — | 10 | #2,630 |
| 1966 | — | — | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1964 | — | — | 14 | #2,220 |
| 1963 | — | — | 16 | #2,048 |
| 1962 | — | — | 9 | #2,870 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,642 |
| 1960 | — | — | 25 | #1,625 |
| 1959 | — | — | 15 | #2,128 |
| 1958 | — | — | 18 | #1,902 |
| 1957 | — | — | 27 | #1,513 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,387 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #1,965 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,435 |
| 1951 | — | — | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1950 | — | — | 26 | #1,438 |
| 1949 | — | — | 30 | #1,326 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1947 | — | — | 29 | #1,365 |
| 1946 | — | — | 29 | #1,300 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,084 |
| 1944 | — | — | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1943 | — | — | 41 | #1,058 |
| 1942 | — | — | 33 | #1,216 |
| 1941 | — | — | 21 | #1,490 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,440 | 41 | #1,009 |
| 1939 | — | — | 46 | #918 |
| 1938 | — | — | 29 | #1,224 |
| 1937 | — | — | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1936 | — | — | 40 | #991 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,101 |
| 1934 | — | — | 38 | #1,061 |
| 1933 | — | — | 44 | #947 |
| 1932 | — | — | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | — | — | 40 | #1,067 |
| 1930 | — | — | 36 | #1,175 |
| 1929 | — | — | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | — | — | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,082 |
| 1926 | — | — | 55 | #903 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,709 | 44 | #1,044 |
| 1924 | — | — | 38 | #1,172 |
| 1923 | — | — | 49 | #995 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,117 | 53 | #960 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,547 | 58 | #922 |
| 1920 | — | — | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,924 | 41 | #1,066 |
| 1918 | — | — | 50 | #944 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,166 | 52 | #887 |
| 1916 | — | — | 40 | #1,014 |
| 1915 | — | — | 49 | #881 |
| 1914 | — | — | 34 | #952 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #916 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #737 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,048 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,212 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #724 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #747 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #938 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #804 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #767 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #920 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #605 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,966 | 14 | #683 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #724 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #899 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,084 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #744 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #662 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #607 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #713 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #752 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #683 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #826 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #758 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #708 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #548 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #689 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #659 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #717 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #757 |
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).