Burke
Burke is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 799th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201378 births
- Best rank
- #799in 1881
- Since 1881
- 4,067people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,067 boys have been named Burke in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 78 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 2010s alone account for 16%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Burke | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 153 | |
| 1920s | 255 | |
| 1930s | 196 | |
| 1940s | 219 | |
| 1950s | 296 | |
| 1960s | 427 | |
| 1970s | 433 | |
| 1980s | 281 | |
| 1990s | 281 | |
| 2000s | 594 | |
| 2010s | 637 | |
| 2020s | 277 |
In 2013, its biggest year
Burke was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with Burke
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Linopeak 2003
- Vannpeak 2009
- Patriciopeak 2009
- Marcelinopeak 2006
- Dixonpeak 2014
- Ninopeak 1998
- Noelpeak 2014
- Carlopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.