Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Burke” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burke” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Burke” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Burke” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Burke” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Burke” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Burke” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burke” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 21 0.000009531 21 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 -100%
1949 24 0.000006887 24 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 29 0.000007636 29 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 -100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 -100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 52 0.000013137 52 -100%
1964 57 0.000014662 57 -100%
1965 51 0.000014067 51 -100%
1966 38 0.000010933 38 -100%
1967 41 0.000012077 41 -100%
1968 58 0.000017168 58 -100%
1969 53 0.00001525 53 -100%
1970 62 0.000017191 62 -100%
1971 49 0.000014276 49 -100%
1972 58 0.000018454 58 -100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 -100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 -100%
1975 35 0.000011592 35 -100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 -100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 -100%
1999 55 0.00001489 5 50 -82%
2000 55 0.000014551 55 -100%
2001 54 0.000014425 54 -100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 -100%
2003 60 0.00001578 60 -100%
2004 46 0.000012039 46 -100%
2005 74 0.000019247 74 -100%
2006 62 0.000015672 62 -100%
2007 63 0.000015759 63 -100%
2008 66 0.000016791 66 -100%
2009 65 0.000017015 6 59 -82%
2010 69 0.00001867 6 63 -83%
2011 77 0.000021051 6 71 -84%
2012 64 0.000017499 64 -100%
2013 78 0.000021395 78 -100%
2014 79 0.000021315 7 72 -82%
2015 65 0.000017563 7 58 -78%
2016 58 0.000015809 58 -100%
2017 59 0.000016498 10 49 -66%
2018 55 0.000015643 55 -100%
2019 77 0.000022184 8 69 -79%
2020 71 0.000021254 5 66 -86%
2021 76 0.000022432 5 71 -87%
2022 51 0.000015075 51 -100%
2023 57 0.000017214 5 52 -82%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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