Burke — #3210 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Burke

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,067 babies named Burke between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burke currently holds the #3210 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burke performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 637 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Burke shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Burke in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burke 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 4,067 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.