Burnett
Burnett is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 638th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192043 births
- Best rank
- #638in 1887
- Since 1882
- 1,843people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,561 boys have been named Burnett in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 43 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 43 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Burnett is used for both sexes: 15% of its bearers are girls (282), most of them born around 1953.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Burnett | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 259 | |
| 1920s | 333 | |
| 1930s | 237 | |
| 1940s | 235 | |
| 1950s | 197 | |
| 1960s | 127 | |
| 1970s | 55 | |
| 1980s | 37 | |
| 1990s | 5 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Burnett was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Burnett
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gardnerpeak 1915
- Thurmanpeak 1920
- Winthroppeak 1915
- Orvelpeak 1919
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Lintonpeak 1922
- Murraypeak 1922
- Elgiepeak 1918
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.