Burch — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burch

The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Burch between 1913 and 1958, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burch currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burch performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Burch shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Burch in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burch in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 157 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.