How Many People Are Named Burgess?
people named Burgess are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 863,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,089 babies named Burgess in Social Security records from 1884 to 2010, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Burgess in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burgess alive today is about 62 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burgess first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1922, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2010.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2010
🏆 Rank History
Burgess has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #901, in 1890.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #901 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,706 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Burgess alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Burgess were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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