Burgess — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burgess

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,089 babies named Burgess between 1884 and 2010, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burgess currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burgess performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Burgess shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Burgess in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burgess 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 1,089 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.