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.

Burney

#5,152 most common boys' name of all time · #12,795 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–1980

Rank among boys
#5,152
Rank overall
#12,795 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
888
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1930 #1,617
Best rank
#824 1885
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
19001920194019601980

Burney first appears in 1882. 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
1980 5 5 #6,318
1979 5 5 #6,129
1975 6 6 #4,844
1974 5 5 #5,276
1973 6 6 #4,559
1971 11 11 #2,992
1970 5 5 #4,780
1969 6 6 #3,984
1968 6 6 #3,731
1967 6 6 #3,611
1965 12 12 #2,391
1964 5 5 #4,079
1963 13 13 #2,319
1962 10 10 #2,707
1961 13 13 #2,341
1960 8 8 #3,113
1959 16 16 #2,047
1958 12 12 #2,398
1957 14 14 #2,205
1956 16 16 #2,032
1955 11 11 #2,453
1954 10 10 #2,619
1953 10 10 #2,558
1952 10 10 #2,543
1951 9 9 #2,693
1950 18 18 #1,770
1949 18 18 #1,773
1948 17 17 #1,830
1947 16 16 #1,931
1946 18 18 #1,712
1945 11 11 #2,154
1944 15 15 #1,827
1943 19 19 #1,652
1942 12 12 #2,176
1941 16 16 #1,772
1940 7 7 #2,905
1939 13 13 #1,982
1938 7 7 #2,915
1937 12 12 #2,114
1936 15 15 #1,816
1935 17 17 #1,727
1934 16 16 #1,808
1933 21 21 #1,514
1932 15 15 #1,943
1931 6 6 #3,425
1930 21 21 #1,617
1929 14 14 #2,123
1928 16 16 #1,988
1927 13 13 #2,316
1926 11 11 #2,595
1925 16 16 #2,029
1924 18 18 #1,917
1923 18 18 #1,894
1922 16 16 #2,069
1921 18 18 #1,927
1920 17 17 #1,992
1919 5 14 19 #2,174
1918 18 18 #1,848
1917 12 12 #2,306
1916 16 16 #1,877
1915 18 18 #1,670
1914 14 14 #1,712
1913 14 14 #1,460
1912 10 10 #1,660
1909 6 6 #1,348
1908 6 6 #1,277
1907 7 7 #1,142
1905 6 6 #1,171
1902 5 5 #1,222
1900 5 5 #1,390
1897 8 8 #836
1892 8 8 #842
1888 7 7 #887
1885 7 7 #824
1882 5 5 #1,034