Burleigh — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 467 babies named Burleigh between 1892 and 1971, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burleigh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burleigh performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Burleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Burleigh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burleigh 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 467 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.