How Many People Are Named Burma?

338

people named Burma are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,011,197 people in the US has this name

Based on 931 babies named Burma in Social Security records from 1896 to 1965, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#20,839

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#11,984

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Peak Year

1941

47 births

Trend

1965

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Burma in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Burma alive today is about 78 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 74 and 83 in 2025.

Under 30 0
0%
30 to 59 0
0%
60 and over 338
100%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Burma first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1941, to 47 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1965.

Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 1965

🏆 Rank History

Burma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,067, in 1941.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,067 (1941)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,563 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Burma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Burma were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 9 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Burma was given about 17.8 times as often in Alabama.

Georgia 9
Alabama 6
Kentucky 4
Florida 3
North Carolina 3

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