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How popular is “Burton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Burton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burton” 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
1880 34 0.000168748 34 -100%
1881 42 0.000217969 42 -100%
1882 38 0.000171532 38 -100%
1883 40 0.000184378 40 -100%
1884 38 0.000156082 38 -100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 -100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 -100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 -100%
1888 42 0.000140246 42 -100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 -100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 -100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 -100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 -100%
1893 30 0.000092244 30 -100%
1894 29 0.000085624 29 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 42 0.000117488 42 -100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 -100%
1898 38 0.000099619 38 -100%
1899 32 0.00009433 32 -100%
1900 38 0.000084396 38 -100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 -100%
1902 29 0.000074987 29 -100%
1903 52 0.000136411 52 -100%
1904 41 0.000101615 41 -100%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 -100%
1906 50 0.000116699 50 -100%
1907 43 0.000092396 43 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 52 0.000101717 52 -100%
1910 53 0.000089722 53 -100%
1911 84 0.000130378 84 -100%
1912 163 0.000164969 163 -100%
1913 207 0.00018204 207 -100%
1914 244 0.000172275 244 -100%
1915 328 0.000178998 328 -100%
1916 363 0.000187653 5 358 -97%
1917 398 0.000198331 398 -100%
1918 455 0.00020957 5 450 -98%
1919 456 0.000216089 456 -100%
1920 433 0.000191369 433 -100%
1921 508 0.000217605 5 503 -98%
1922 485 0.000211868 6 479 -98%
1923 500 0.000217157 5 495 -98%
1924 551 0.000231356 551 -100%
1925 597 0.000255861 597 -100%
1926 563 0.000245219 5 558 -98%
1927 546 0.00023541 546 -100%
1928 523 0.00023132 5 518 -98%
1929 545 0.000248613 545 -100%
1930 560 0.000251879 560 -100%
1931 473 0.000224768 473 -100%
1932 447 0.000211719 7 440 -97%
1933 427 0.000213559 427 -100%
1934 433 0.000208492 433 -100%
1935 399 0.000190918 399 -100%
1936 435 0.000209378 435 -100%
1937 410 0.000192428 410 -100%
1938 384 0.000173554 384 -100%
1939 312 0.000141597 312 -100%
1940 345 0.000149825 345 -100%
1941 334 0.000137086 334 -100%
1942 317 0.00011604 317 -100%
1943 304 0.000107704 304 -100%
1944 293 0.000108919 293 -100%
1945 273 0.000102906 273 -100%
1946 285 0.000089193 285 -100%
1947 293 0.000081336 293 -100%
1948 246 0.000071252 246 -100%
1949 270 0.00007748 270 -100%
1950 252 0.000071931 252 -100%
1951 216 0.000058636 216 -100%
1952 217 0.000057135 217 -100%
1953 222 0.000057608 222 -100%
1954 192 0.000048233 192 -100%
1955 183 0.000045578 183 -100%
1956 191 0.000046325 191 -100%
1957 196 0.000046643 196 -100%
1958 158 0.000038221 158 -100%
1959 171 0.000041126 171 -100%
1960 186 0.000044778 186 -100%
1961 187 0.000045144 5 182 -95%
1962 154 0.000038163 154 -100%
1963 197 0.00004977 197 -100%
1964 163 0.000041928 163 -100%
1965 160 0.000044132 160 -100%
1966 152 0.000043733 152 -100%
1967 129 0.000037998 129 -100%
1968 120 0.00003552 120 -100%
1969 117 0.000033666 117 -100%
1970 121 0.00003355 121 -100%
1971 119 0.00003467 119 -100%
1972 112 0.000035635 112 -100%
1973 88 0.000029169 88 -100%
1974 86 0.000028289 86 -100%
1975 79 0.000026164 79 -100%
1976 82 0.000027024 82 -100%
1977 98 0.000030852 98 -100%
1978 102 0.000032137 102 -100%
1979 94 0.000028254 94 -100%
1980 98 0.000028451 98 -100%
1981 91 0.000026305 91 -100%
1982 75 0.00002138 75 -100%
1983 70 0.000020212 70 -100%
1984 60 0.000017198 60 -100%
1985 56 0.00001569 56 -100%
1986 63 0.000017711 63 -100%
1987 56 0.000015531 56 -100%
1988 51 0.000013802 51 -100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 -100%
1990 43 0.000010879 43 -100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 -100%
1994 36 0.000009684 36 -100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 -100%
1996 37 0.000010145 37 -100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 24 0.000006497 24 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 -100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 -100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 -100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 -100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 -100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 -100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 30 0.000008229 30 -100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 -100%
2015 36 0.000009727 36 -100%
2016 25 0.000006814 25 -100%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 -100%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 -100%
2019 24 0.000006915 24 -100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 -100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 -100%
2022 35 0.000010345 35 -100%
2023 31 0.000009362 31 -100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 -100%

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