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.

Burns

#6,663 most common boys' name of all time · #16,682 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2016

Rank among boys
#6,663
Rank overall
#16,682 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
584
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1920 #1,339
Best rank
#945 1891
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
190019201940196019802000

Burns first appears in 1886. 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
2016 — 6 6 #10,779
1979 — 5 5 #6,146
1968 — 6 6 #3,750
1966 — 7 7 #3,297
1962 — 6 6 #3,688
1961 — 5 5 #4,144
1960 — 5 5 #4,106
1959 — 7 7 #3,346
1958 — 7 7 #3,330
1957 — 8 8 #3,072
1954 — 7 7 #3,231
1953 — 10 10 #2,572
1952 — 8 8 #2,925
1951 — 7 7 #3,120
1950 — 16 16 #1,899
1948 — 15 15 #1,967
1947 — 11 11 #2,389
1946 — 10 10 #2,441
1945 — 6 6 #3,058
1944 — 7 7 #2,913
1942 — 7 7 #2,994
1941 — 7 7 #2,920
1940 — 6 6 #3,198
1939 — 6 6 #3,177
1938 — 8 8 #2,698
1937 — 13 13 #2,023
1936 — 7 7 #2,914
1935 — 8 8 #2,779
1934 — 8 8 #2,803
1933 — 8 8 #2,795
1932 — 18 18 #1,744
1931 — 10 10 #2,522
1930 — 11 11 #2,493
1929 — 11 11 #2,490
1928 — 14 14 #2,195
1927 — 9 9 #2,960
1926 — 12 12 #2,465
1925 — 21 21 #1,704
1924 — 20 20 #1,801
1923 — 15 15 #2,156
1922 — 20 20 #1,792
1921 — 16 16 #2,096
1920 — 30 30 #1,339
1919 — 14 14 #2,186
1918 — 22 22 #1,620
1917 — 20 20 #1,664
1916 — 27 27 #1,321
1915 — 9 9 #2,672
1914 — 13 13 #1,812
1913 — 13 13 #1,538
1912 — 5 5 #2,603
1895 — 6 6 #1,053
1891 — 6 6 #945
1886 — 5 5 #1,080