Burnis*
#5,012 most common boys' name of all time · #12,413 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1912–1986 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,012
Rank overall
#12,413 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
932
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #1,383
Best rank
#1,383 1925
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Burnis first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,879 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,522 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,670 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,445 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,288 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,071 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,402 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,178 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,098 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,362 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,194 |
| 1961 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,596 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,131 |
| 1958 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,930 |
| 1957 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,062 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,053 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,804 |
| 1952 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,207 |
| 1951 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1950 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,122 |
| 1948 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1947 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,968 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,662 |
| 1944 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,258 |
| 1943 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,526 |
| 1941 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,569 |
| 1938 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,414 |
| 1937 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,742 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,579 |
| 1934 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #1,911 |
| 1933 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,692 |
| 1932 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,975 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,571 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,942 |
| 1929 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1928 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,135 |
| 1927 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,103 |
| 1926 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,387 |
| 1925 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #1,383 |
| 1924 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,303 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,924 |
| 1922 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,737 |
| 1921 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,038 |
| 1920 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #1,806 |
| 1919 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #2,340 |
| 1918 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1917 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #1,880 |
| 1916 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,486 |
| 1915 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,774 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,223 |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,607 |