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Burton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 23 in 2025. Its best rank was #222 in 1925.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #222 in 1925; #4,419 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Burton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,419 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1925, at #222.
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Burton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 23 boys in 2025. Peak: #222 in 1925 · most boys in one year: 597 (1925).
In 2025, 23 US boys were named Burton, making it the 4,419th most common boys’ name of the year, up 680 places from #5,099 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 19 boys named Burton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #222, reached in 1925. That year also had the most boys given the name: 597. For comparison, it was #3,161 in 2015 and #421 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Burton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 34 babies with the name. In all, 22,534 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,251 babies named Burton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 256 US boys were named Burton; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 74,264 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 23 | #4,419 |
| 2024 | — | — | 19 | #5,099 |
| 2023 | — | — | 31 | #3,637 |
| 2022 | — | — | 35 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | — | — | 31 | #3,593 |
| 2020 | — | — | 20 | #4,725 |
| 2019 | — | — | 24 | #4,244 |
| 2018 | — | — | 23 | #4,382 |
| 2017 | — | — | 25 | #4,123 |
| 2016 | — | — | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2015 | — | — | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2014 | — | — | 27 | #3,802 |
| 2013 | — | — | 30 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | — | — | 36 | #3,121 |
| 2011 | — | — | 27 | #3,807 |
| 2010 | — | — | 26 | #3,909 |
| 2009 | — | — | 26 | #3,930 |
| 2008 | — | — | 19 | #4,923 |
| 2007 | — | — | 29 | #3,607 |
| 2006 | — | — | 25 | #3,905 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,251 |
| 2004 | — | — | 30 | #3,226 |
| 2003 | — | — | 23 | #3,744 |
| 2002 | — | — | 24 | #3,570 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,730 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,785 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,293 |
| 1998 | — | — | 25 | #3,105 |
| 1997 | — | — | 21 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | — | — | 37 | #2,220 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,856 |
| 1994 | — | — | 36 | #2,226 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,168 |
| 1992 | — | — | 31 | #2,367 |
| 1991 | — | — | 45 | #1,772 |
| 1990 | — | — | 43 | #1,814 |
| 1989 | — | — | 54 | #1,521 |
| 1988 | — | — | 51 | #1,484 |
| 1987 | — | — | 56 | #1,317 |
| 1986 | — | — | 63 | #1,202 |
| 1985 | — | — | 56 | #1,283 |
| 1984 | — | — | 60 | #1,177 |
| 1983 | — | — | 70 | #1,061 |
| 1982 | — | — | 75 | #1,050 |
| 1981 | — | — | 91 | #938 |
| 1980 | — | — | 97 | #908 |
| 1979 | — | — | 94 | #901 |
| 1978 | — | — | 102 | #848 |
| 1977 | — | — | 98 | #859 |
| 1976 | — | — | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | — | — | 79 | #922 |
| 1974 | — | — | 86 | #861 |
| 1973 | — | — | 87 | #847 |
| 1972 | — | — | 112 | #751 |
| 1971 | — | — | 119 | #748 |
| 1970 | — | — | 121 | #749 |
| 1969 | — | — | 117 | #720 |
| 1968 | — | — | 120 | #690 |
| 1967 | — | — | 129 | #655 |
| 1966 | — | — | 152 | #604 |
| 1965 | — | — | 160 | #603 |
| 1964 | — | — | 163 | #613 |
| 1963 | — | — | 197 | #562 |
| 1962 | — | — | 154 | #624 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,663 | 182 | #586 |
| 1960 | — | — | 186 | #572 |
| 1959 | — | — | 171 | #598 |
| 1958 | — | — | 158 | #612 |
| 1957 | — | — | 196 | #552 |
| 1956 | — | — | 191 | #551 |
| 1955 | — | — | 183 | #547 |
| 1954 | — | — | 192 | #525 |
| 1953 | — | — | 222 | #470 |
| 1952 | — | — | 217 | #471 |
| 1951 | — | — | 216 | #462 |
| 1950 | — | — | 252 | #421 |
| 1949 | — | — | 270 | #411 |
| 1948 | — | — | 246 | #426 |
| 1947 | — | — | 293 | #401 |
| 1946 | — | — | 285 | #388 |
| 1945 | — | — | 273 | #359 |
| 1944 | — | — | 293 | #349 |
| 1943 | — | — | 304 | #350 |
| 1942 | — | — | 317 | #342 |
| 1941 | — | — | 334 | #322 |
| 1940 | — | — | 345 | #301 |
| 1939 | — | — | 312 | #314 |
| 1938 | — | — | 384 | #282 |
| 1937 | — | — | 410 | #269 |
| 1936 | — | — | 435 | #256 |
| 1935 | — | — | 399 | #273 |
| 1934 | — | — | 433 | #260 |
| 1933 | — | — | 427 | #253 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,616 | 440 | #257 |
| 1931 | — | — | 473 | #243 |
| 1930 | — | — | 560 | #227 |
| 1929 | — | — | 545 | #231 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,814 | 518 | #243 |
| 1927 | — | — | 546 | #241 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,944 | 558 | #237 |
| 1925 | — | — | 597 | #222 |
| 1924 | — | — | 551 | #245 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,064 | 495 | #252 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,526 | 479 | #257 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,223 | 503 | #249 |
| 1920 | — | — | 433 | #264 |
| 1919 | — | — | 456 | #248 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,918 | 450 | #251 |
| 1917 | — | — | 398 | #252 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,515 | 358 | #266 |
| 1915 | — | — | 328 | #268 |
| 1914 | — | — | 244 | #285 |
| 1913 | — | — | 207 | #266 |
| 1912 | — | — | 163 | #280 |
| 1911 | — | — | 84 | #288 |
| 1910 | — | — | 53 | #345 |
| 1909 | — | — | 52 | #318 |
| 1908 | — | — | 34 | #405 |
| 1907 | — | — | 43 | #324 |
| 1906 | — | — | 50 | #282 |
| 1905 | — | — | 30 | #385 |
| 1904 | — | — | 41 | #307 |
| 1903 | — | — | 52 | #253 |
| 1902 | — | — | 29 | #368 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #296 |
| 1900 | — | — | 38 | #354 |
| 1899 | — | — | 32 | #311 |
| 1898 | — | — | 38 | #307 |
| 1897 | — | — | 26 | #369 |
| 1896 | — | — | 42 | #283 |
| 1895 | — | — | 27 | #360 |
| 1894 | — | — | 29 | #332 |
| 1893 | — | — | 30 | #318 |
| 1892 | — | — | 32 | #331 |
| 1891 | — | — | 29 | #311 |
| 1890 | — | — | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #360 |
| 1888 | — | — | 42 | #278 |
| 1887 | — | — | 23 | #340 |
| 1886 | — | — | 35 | #288 |
| 1885 | — | — | 32 | #300 |
| 1884 | — | — | 38 | #278 |
| 1883 | — | — | 40 | #261 |
| 1882 | — | — | 38 | #278 |
| 1881 | — | — | 42 | #238 |
| 1880 | — | — | 34 | #283 |
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).