Burdell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burdell

The Social Security Administration has registered 321 babies named Burdell between 1912 and 1959, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burdell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Burdell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1917.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burdell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Burdell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Burdell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burdell 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 321 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.