Burgess

Boy · recorded 1884–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1890best year

Most popular in 1890.

Last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

0275418841916194719792010

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Burgess, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
189054
189443
190748
190937
191046
191140
191226
191341
191420
191524
191618
191716
191822
191927
192017
192119
192226
192316
192420
192520
192622
192717
192812
192921
193014
193113
193216
193316
193411
193513
193619
193717
193817
19399
194010
194119
194219
194313
194416
194510
19469
194710
19489
19497
19507
19515
19527
19535
19546
19556
19566
19575
19587
19593
19604
19614
19624
19636
19646
19655
19667
19675
19686
19693
19714
19729
19734
19746
19753
19765
19774
19785
19804
19814
19824
19833
19844
19854
19863
19875
19902
19913
19993
20072
20104

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Burgess isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
7
Rank in 2010
#9,693
How rare
1 in 274,096 boys
Since 1884
1,089

Burgess was last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1890, at 54 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Burgess doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.