Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Burton

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

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1925

Peak rank proxy

597

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19252024

Peak year

1925

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

All-time

22,464

Burton 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 1925, when 597 boys were named Burton.

In 2024, only 19 boys were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 22,464 Americans have been named Burton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

1925597 boys named Burton

202419 boys named Burton

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