How Many People Are Named Burton?
people named Burton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,514 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,534 babies named Burton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
597 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "fortified town". A famous bearer of the surname was Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890), an explorer of Africa and Asia.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Burton (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Burton alive today is about 60 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Burton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1925, to 597 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Burton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #222, in 1925. In 2025 it ranked #4,418.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,418 |
| Best rank | #222 (1925) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #249 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Burton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Burton were born in New York than in any other state: about 650 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Burton was given 2.8 times as often in Connecticut, 2.8 times in Vermont and 2.4 times in Minnesota.
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