Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Burl

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

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

211

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

All-time

7,180

Burl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 211 boys were named Burl.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 7,180 Americans have been named Burl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

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