How Many People Are Named Burns?
people named Burns are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,712,578 people in the US has this name
Based on 584 babies named Burns in Social Security records from 1886 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Burns in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burns alive today is about 70 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burns first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1920, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Burns has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #857, in 1891.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #857 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,970 in the 1920s |
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