Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Burke

#1,964 most common boys' name of all time · #4,730 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#1,964
Rank overall
#4,730 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
4,188
Since 2016
592
Peak year
2014 #1,979
Best rank
#844 1881
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Burke first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 49 49 #2,644
2024 — 37 37 #3,222
2023 5 53 58 #2,511
2022 — 52 52 #2,592
2021 5 71 76 #2,061
2020 5 66 71 #2,115
2019 8 69 77 #2,085
2018 — 55 55 #2,390
2017 10 49 59 #2,568
2016 — 58 58 #2,281
2015 7 58 65 #2,277
2014 7 72 79 #1,979
2013 — 78 78 #1,833
2012 — 64 64 #2,109
2011 6 71 77 #1,949
2010 6 63 69 #2,118
2009 6 59 65 #2,234
2008 — 66 66 #2,090
2007 — 63 63 #2,144
2006 — 62 62 #2,104
2005 — 74 74 #1,775
2004 — 46 46 #2,423
2003 — 60 60 #1,939
2002 — 55 55 #2,001
2001 — 54 54 #1,984
2000 — 55 55 #1,899
1999 5 50 55 #1,937
1998 — 40 40 #2,238
1997 — 33 33 #2,459
1996 — 25 25 #2,921
1995 — 16 16 #3,869
1994 — 27 27 #2,694
1993 — 25 25 #2,790
1992 — 21 21 #3,112
1991 — 21 21 #2,996
1990 — 23 23 #2,789
1989 — 25 25 #2,551
1988 — 22 22 #2,608
1987 — 28 28 #2,120
1986 — 31 31 #1,921
1985 — 24 24 #2,230
1984 — 30 30 #1,852
1983 — 45 45 #1,405
1982 — 19 19 #2,528
1981 — 24 24 #2,148
1980 — 33 33 #1,730
1979 — 28 28 #1,914
1978 — 42 42 #1,442
1977 — 31 31 #1,715
1976 — 41 41 #1,392
1975 — 35 35 #1,512
1974 — 45 45 #1,251
1973 — 42 42 #1,274
1972 — 58 58 #1,064
1971 — 49 49 #1,171
1970 — 62 62 #1,036
1969 — 53 53 #1,068
1968 — 58 58 #963
1967 — 41 41 #1,172
1966 — 38 38 #1,221
1965 — 51 51 #1,034
1964 — 57 57 #1,002
1963 — 52 52 #1,056
1962 — 23 23 #1,681
1961 — 23 23 #1,694
1960 — 31 31 #1,443
1959 — 24 24 #1,630
1958 — 34 34 #1,326
1957 — 40 40 #1,240
1956 — 31 31 #1,394
1955 — 32 32 #1,345
1954 — 39 39 #1,205
1953 — 20 20 #1,722
1952 — 29 29 #1,414
1951 — 30 30 #1,351
1950 — 17 17 #1,829
1949 — 24 24 #1,513
1948 — 24 24 #1,497
1947 — 26 26 #1,462
1946 — 13 13 #2,049
1945 — 22 22 #1,421
1944 — 19 19 #1,589
1943 — 30 30 #1,265
1942 — 25 25 #1,390
1941 — 23 23 #1,421
1940 — 13 13 #2,007
1939 — 21 21 #1,465
1938 — 22 22 #1,447
1937 — 17 17 #1,703
1936 — 16 16 #1,742
1935 — 22 22 #1,465
1934 — 21 21 #1,512
1933 — 25 25 #1,341
1932 — 18 18 #1,732
1931 — 18 18 #1,710
1930 — 16 16 #1,899
1929 — 21 21 #1,625
1928 — 28 28 #1,392
1927 — 18 18 #1,886
1926 — 25 25 #1,475
1925 — 24 24 #1,546
1924 — 30 30 #1,363
1923 — 20 20 #1,764
1922 — 35 35 #1,232
1921 — 26 26 #1,483
1920 — 28 28 #1,392
1919 — 22 22 #1,585
1918 — 23 23 #1,552
1917 — 17 17 #1,836
1916 — 21 21 #1,565
1915 — 19 19 #1,617
1914 — 16 16 #1,560
1913 — 14 14 #1,452
1912 — 16 16 #1,195
1910 — 5 5 #1,636
1900 — 6 6 #1,224
1884 — 6 6 #927
1881 — 6 6 #844