Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Burke

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Burke
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2013

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1881Peak 20132024

Peak year

2013

Decline from peak

52.6%

2024

All-time

4,067

Burke has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2013, when 78 boys were named Burke.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

Down 52.6% from its peak.

All told, about 4,067 Americans have been named Burke and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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