Burl

Boy · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 2024. 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 1880

09919818801916195219882024

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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 123 recorded years as a table
Burl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880127
1881109
1882158
1883105
188479
1885158
1886190
1887187
1888165
1889109
1890108
1891198
1892131
1893107
1894104
189568
1896125
1897133
189898
1899122
1900120
1901141
190273
1903176
190470
1905159
1906120
1907143
1908136
1909177
1910191
1911124
1912154
1913168
1914141
1915153
1916169
1917140
1918138
1919133
1920163
1921192
1922175
1923143
1924136
1925134
1926137
1927145
1928153
1929126
1930122
1931150
1932138
1933114
1934116
1935132
1936122
1937119
193899
1939112
194097
194181
194287
194376
194463
194562
194663
194758
194853
194946
195055
195150
195243
195346
195442
195547
195638
195733
195832
195930
196028
196124
196222
196323
196424
196524
196619
196722
196825
196922
197019
197118
197219
197319
197419
197513
197613
197713
197815
197911
198015
198110
198210
19838
198411
19856
19866
19874
19887
19892
19903
19915
19924
19935
19954
20003
20014
20053
20103
20173
20183
20223
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Burl 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#9,894
How rare
1 in 246,126 boys
Since 1880
7,181

Burl was last recorded in 2024. 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 1891, at 198 per million boys born.

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

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