How Many People Are Named Burnell?
people named Burnell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 274,085 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,383 babies named Burnell in Social Security records from 1906 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
86 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Burnell, 13.5% were girls and 86.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Burnell fell from 19.9% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1980s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burnell alive today is about 62 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burnell first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1920, to 86 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Burnell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #819, in 1920. Among girls, its best rank was #1,559, in 1929.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #819 (1920) | #1,559 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #919 in the 1920s | #2,136 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Burnell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Burnell were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 204 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Burnell was given 22.6 times as often in Louisiana, 7 times in Mississippi and 3.7 times in Pennsylvania.
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