Burney

Boy · recorded 1882–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Burney.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1882

0367118821907193119561980

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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 75 recorded years as a table
Burney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
188565
188858
189266
189771
190033
190241
190545
190748
190839
190937
191223
191327
191421
191521
191618
191713
191818
191914
192016
192116
192215
192316
192416
192514
192610
192712
192814
192913
193019
19316
193214
193321
193415
193516
193614
193711
19386
193912
19406
194113
19429
194313
194411
19458
194611
19479
194810
194910
195010
19515
19525
19535
19545
19555
19568
19576
19586
19597
19604
19616
19625
19636
19643
19656
19673
19683
19693
19703
19716
19734
19743
19754
19793
19803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Burney 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 1980
5
Rank in 1980
#6,250
How rare
1 in 356,790 boys
Since 1882
883

Burney was last recorded in 1980. 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 1897, at 71 per million boys born.

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

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