Burr

Boy · recorded 1880–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1899best year

Most popular in 1899.

Last recorded in 1976. 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

05210418801904192819521976

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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 77 recorded years as a table
Burr, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880100
188279
188367
188496
188574
188654
188789
188858
188999
189199
189274
189478
189650
1899104
190040
190439
190538
190832
190937
191131
191235
191321
191426
191525
191626
191717
191817
191916
192021
192117
192221
192314
192412
192513
192613
192714
192812
192915
19305
193110
19326
19338
193412
193511
193610
193712
19386
19399
19405
194114
19427
19438
19446
19458
19467
19477
19483
19495
19506
19514
19525
19535
19546
19554
19567
19572
19582
19594
19613
19633
19643
19653
19694
19704
19713
19755
19763

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Burr 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 1976
5
Rank in 1976
#5,587
How rare
1 in 313,801 boys
Since 1880
803

Burr was last recorded in 1976. 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 1899, at 104 per million boys born.

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

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