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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Burma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Burma” 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 “Burma” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burma” 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
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 47 0.000019291 47 100%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 100%
1944 33 0.000012267 33 100%
1945 40 0.000015078 40 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%

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  1. Burlie
  2. Burlin
  3. Burline
  4. Burlon
  5. Burlyn
  6. Burma (this page)
  7. Burmah
  8. Burman
  9. Burna
  10. Burnace
  11. Burnadette