Boys' name · peaked in 1925
Burton name popularity since 1925
16,241 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Burton. Half of them were born in 1943 or earlier, so the typical Burton is about 83 years old in 2026. Burton peaked in 1925 as the #222 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,241
- Named Burton, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1925
- #222 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,419 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 22 girls · 16,219 boys
- Most popular in
- Connecticut
- 2.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Burton made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Burton births per year, 1925–2025
1925 was the biggest year for Burton both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1937 and 1942, Burton's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 4,360.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Burton's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Burton.
Decade by decade
Babies named Burton in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 10 | 2,764 | – |
| 1930s | 7 | 4,273 | #273 |
| 1940s | 0 | 2,960 | #359 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,998 | #547 |
| 1960s | 5 | 1,560 | #603 |
| 1970s | 0 | 980 | #922 |
| 1980s | 0 | 673 | #1,283 |
| 1990s | 0 | 323 | #2,856 |
| 2000s | 0 | 250 | #3,251 |
| 2010s | 0 | 279 | #3,161 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 159 | #4,419 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.4% of babies named Burton from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Burton is most popular
The index compares Burton's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Burton.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 2.86× | 359 |
| New York | 2.59× | 2,279 |
| Minnesota | 2.36× | 499 |
| Massachusetts | 2.00× | 551 |
| Illinois | 1.85× | 1,046 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Burton's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Burton.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Burton (1925).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data