Boys' name · since 1997
Burhan
Burhan has 281 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,975 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,132 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Burhan currently ranks #5132 among boys' names in America, with 281 babies recorded since 1997.
Burhan has 281 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5132 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #10,975 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,132 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Burhan ranks #10,975 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,132 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 281 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,975 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,132 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Burhan's 281 recorded births place it above 75.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Burhan compares
281 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Burhan's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Burhan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Burhan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Burhan splits its recorded history at 2012: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Burhan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Burhan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Burhan's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Burhan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (37% of all-time use).
Burhan by state
Where Burhan concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
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- Burhan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Burhans (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Burhan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Burhan 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.