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Burke

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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
Babies named Burke, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Burke
1880s12
1900s6
1910s153
1920s255
1930s196
1940s219
1950s296
1960s427
1970s433
1980s281
1990s281
2000s594
2010s637
2020s277

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.

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.