Boy

Burt

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
—
under 5 boys
Peak
#258
in 1880
1950
#680
rank

Burt: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #258 in 1880.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #258 in 1880. No US babies were recorded with the name Burt in 2025.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #258 in 1880.

Babies in 2025
0
Since 1880
6,555
Years on record
122

Babies named Burt, every year since 1880

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Boys

Burt: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #258 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 152 (1956).

About the name Burt

Fewer than five US boys were named Burt in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #258, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 152, in 1956. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #680 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Burt in 122 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 42 babies. In all, 6,555 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,238 babies named Burt.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6 US boys were named Burt; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 6.

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.

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).

Nicknames

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

Burt is listed as a nickname for Egbert.

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
2017——6#10,987
2004——5#11,616
2003——6#9,745
2000——8#7,538
1998——7#7,665
1997——6#8,269
1995——6#7,926
1994——8#6,444
1993——6#7,751
1992——16#3,775
1991——8#6,016
1990——13#4,193
1989——15#3,641
1988——15#3,375
1987——14#3,361
1986——17#2,906
1985——16#2,959
1984——31#1,801
1983——25#2,093
1982——36#1,656
1981——44#1,435
1980——49#1,344
1979——50#1,305
1978——66#1,068
1977——64#1,080
1976——57#1,125
1975——67#1,003
1974——63#1,038
1973——100#792
1972——58#1,062
1971——68#985
1970——76#918
1969——73#893
1968——78#829
1967——97#751
1966——85#787
1965——90#777
1964——89#800
1963——103#757
1962——109#733
1961——91#799
1960——107#745
1959——122#692
1958——116#695
1957——120#694
1956——152#616
1955——122#660
1954——141#621
1953——128#631
1952——113#651
1951——123#636
1950——101#680
1949——111#651
1948——109#647
1947——88#732
1946——68#806
1945——68#744
1944——70#742
1943——86#692
1942——73#748
1941——55#850
1940——74#702
1939——58#800
1938——72#720
1937——69#730
1936——78#669
1935——78#681
1934——70#730
1933——67#748
1932——77#704
1931——81#665
1930——79#699
1929——77#705
1928——73#754
1927——84#711
1926——71#770
1925——78#739
1924——65#850
1923——75#756
1922——82#722
1921——78#754
1920——73#775
1919——57#877
1918——84#679
1917——60#823
1916——66#752
1915——66#735
1914——37#900
1913——36#789
1912——34#738
1911——22#672
1910——20#657
1909——21#577
1908——13#748
1907——16#639
1906——18#550
1905——11#749
1904——13#649
1903——9#795
1902——12#655
1901——13#568
1900——18#585
1899——21#403
1898——13#613
1897——17#479
1896——12#649
1895——22#417
1894——14#546
1893——22#385
1892——14#552
1891——14#478
1890——30#316
1889——17#447
1888——30#331
1887——17#411
1886——19#404
1885——20#401
1884——29#328
1883——35#279
1882——31#311
1881——37#260
1880——42#258

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).