How Many People Are Named Burleigh?
people named Burleigh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,350,831 people in the US has this name
Based on 467 babies named Burleigh in Social Security records from 1892 to 1971, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Burleigh in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burleigh alive today is about 76 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burleigh first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1932, to 29 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1971.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 1971
🏆 Rank History
Burleigh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #973, in 1892.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #973 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,995 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Burleigh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Burleigh were born in Maine than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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