How Many People Are Named Burl?
people named Burl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 169,284 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,200 babies named Burl in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
211 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Burl in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burl alive today is about 66 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burl first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 211 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Burl has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #381, in 1887.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #381 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #472 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Burl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Burl were born in Texas than in any other state: about 172 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Burl was given 7 times as often in Arkansas, 6.9 times in West Virginia and 6.5 times in Oklahoma.
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