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.

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
1920194019601980

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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