Burgess
Burgess was last recorded in 2010, when 7 babies were given it; 1,089 Americans have been recorded with it between 1884 and 2010 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Burgess by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Burgess?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,842, in 2010; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
28 babies in 1922, the peak
Burgess peaked in 1922, when 28 boys were given it, #1,399 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #9,842 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,628 | 2.4 |
| 1999 | 5 | #10,096 | 2.6 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,378 | 3.0 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,269 | 2.4 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,608 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,021 | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,749 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,034 | 3.9 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,576 | 3.3 |
Every recorded year (86)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | #5,088 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,562 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,998 | 3.9 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,197 | 4.9 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,209 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,053 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,571 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,594 | 5.7 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,566 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,441 | 9.3 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,013 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,996 | 3.4 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,751 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,797 | 5.2 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,345 | 6.7 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,806 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,555 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,430 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,868 | 4.4 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,125 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,896 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,658 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,106 | 7.1 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,661 | 4.6 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,279 | 6.1 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,314 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,217 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,551 | 5.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,163 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,518 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,224 | 6.7 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,134 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,888 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,790 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,957 | 8.6 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,859 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,442 | 16.1 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,643 | 13.3 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,360 | 18.8 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,416 | 18.7 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,093 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,308 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,566 | 17.1 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,638 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,509 | 19.3 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,942 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,285 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,778 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,784 | 16.3 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,013 | 13.5 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,976 | 13.7 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,529 | 21.4 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,283 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,807 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,520 | 21.6 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,635 | 19.7 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,634 | 20.3 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,951 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,399 | 25.7 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,711 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,896 | 16.9 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,413 | 26.5 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,603 | 21.7 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,999 | 16.2 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,861 | 18.0 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,560 | 23.6 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,792 | 19.9 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,116 | 41.0 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,537 | 25.6 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,202 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,125 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,293 | 36.6 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,111 | 47.7 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,100 | 43.2 |
| 1890 | 6 | #901 | 54.0 |
| 1884 | 5 | #991 | 43.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Burgess a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Burgess has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 86 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Burgess: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Burgess, and how old are they?
An estimated 385 Americans named Burgess and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 50 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 566 people named Burgess (60 women and girls, 506 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 463 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Burgess
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Burgess and names like it
- Compare Burgess and VintonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBurgess peaked in 1922.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Burgess since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Burgess.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Burgess alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.