Boys' name · since 1985
Burak
358 babies named Burak in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,625 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,059 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
358 babies have been named Burak since 1985, making it today's #11059 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Burak recorded 358 times among boys since 1985, holding rank #11059 nationally today, ahead of 21% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #9,625 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,059 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 358 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Burak ranks #9,625 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,059 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 358 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,625 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,059 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Burak's 358 recorded births place it above 78.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Burak compares
358 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Burak's all-time total is 3% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Burak | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 358 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Burak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Burak's full recorded timeline at 2008, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Burak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Burak by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (127 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Burak's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Burak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 127 births (35% of all-time use).
Burak by state
Where Burak concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 4.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 10 | 2.8% |
16 of 358 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Burak's data
- Burak's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Buraks (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Burak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Burak draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.