Girls' name · since 1971
Burgundy
Burgundy has 277 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
277 girls have been named Burgundy since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Burgundy has 277 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2014.
- #16,583 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 277 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Burgundy ranks #16,583 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 277 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Burgundy's 277 recorded births place it above 77.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Burgundy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Burgundy splits its recorded history at 1991: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Burgundy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2014
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Burgundy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (129 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Burgundy's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Burgundy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 129 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Burgundy's data
- Burgundy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Burgundy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1971–2014 (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 Burgundy 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.