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How popular is “Burnett” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burnett” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burnett” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burnett” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 7 18 -44%
1913 24 0.000021106 5 19 -58%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 42 0.00002292 5 37 -76%
1916 40 0.000020678 8 32 -60%
1917 45 0.000022424 5 40 -78%
1918 37 0.000017042 9 28 -51%
1919 46 0.000021798 9 37 -61%
1920 53 0.000023424 10 43 -62%
1921 49 0.000020989 11 38 -55%
1922 33 0.000014416 33 -100%
1923 48 0.000020847 6 42 -75%
1924 41 0.000017215 5 36 -76%
1925 44 0.000018857 8 36 -64%
1926 31 0.000013502 6 25 -61%
1927 42 0.000018108 9 33 -57%
1928 36 0.000015923 6 30 -67%
1929 25 0.000011404 8 17 -36%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 32 0.000016004 9 23 -44%
1934 34 0.000016371 6 28 -65%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 24 0.000011552 8 16 -33%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 44 0.000019969 6 38 -73%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 -100%
1941 29 0.000011903 8 21 -45%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 -100%
1943 36 0.000012754 7 29 -61%
1944 32 0.000011896 6 26 -63%
1945 18 0.000006785 18 -100%
1946 31 0.000009702 5 26 -68%
1947 24 0.000006662 6 18 -50%
1948 37 0.000010717 7 30 -62%
1949 25 0.000007174 6 19 -52%
1950 37 0.000010561 12 25 -35%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 7 16 -39%
1953 32 0.000008304 14 18 -13%
1954 34 0.000008541 12 22 -29%
1955 30 0.000007472 5 25 -67%
1956 25 0.000006063 7 18 -44%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 26 0.000006289 5 21 -62%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 -100%
1960 25 0.000006019 6 19 -52%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 26 0.000006443 5 21 -62%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 5 15 -50%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 8 7 7%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 5 15 -50%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%

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