Burnell

Boy · recorded 1906–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 2022. 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 1906

0326319061935196419932022

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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 102 recorded years as a table
Burnell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190638
190955
191046
191144
191253
191355
191440
191558
191648
191748
191849
191945
192063
192158
192254
192351
192447
192553
192647
192743
192846
192948
193049
193146
193247
193356
193440
193547
193640
193747
193838
193933
194042
194137
194228
194324
194428
194529
194622
194724
194825
194924
195017
195117
195225
195326
195415
195514
195619
195718
195816
195913
196015
19618
196215
19638
196412
19659
19666
196714
196815
196911
197011
19716
19727
197311
19748
197510
197610
19779
197811
19798
19807
19819
19827
19837
19848
19856
19865
19875
19885
19897
19908
19915
19926
19937
19953
19964
19986
19996
20003
20013
20033
20044
20063
20104
20114
20135
20163
20173
20203
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Burnell 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 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#12,330
How rare
1 in 349,201 boys
Since 1906
2,790

Burnell was last recorded in 2022. 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 1920, at 63 per million boys born.

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

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