Burleigh
Burleigh was last recorded in 1971, when 5 babies were given it; 467 Americans have been recorded with it between 1892 and 1971 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Burleigh by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Burleigh?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #5,000, in 1971; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
29 babies in 1932, the peak
Burleigh peaked in 1932, when 29 boys were given it, #1,256 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | #5,000 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,584 | 3.2 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,353 | 3.4 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,309 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,283 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,008 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,993 | 3.9 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,902 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,519 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,366 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (47)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 8 | #2,821 | 4.5 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,359 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,084 | 7.7 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,160 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,891 | 5.1 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,755 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,965 | 5.1 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,356 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,172 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,863 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,347 | 9.0 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,097 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,737 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,744 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,143 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,319 | 6.1 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,256 | 27.8 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,367 | 25.0 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,462 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,108 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,874 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,310 | 11.5 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,283 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,451 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,834 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,206 | 7.3 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,357 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,274 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,148 | 14.1 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,162 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,257 | 4.9 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,301 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,280 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,654 | 10.6 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,682 | 10.7 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,069 | 47.1 |
| 1892 | 6 | #973 | 49.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Burleigh a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Burleigh has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 47 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Burleigh: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Burleigh, and how old are they?
An estimated 97 Americans named Burleigh and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 234 people named Burleigh (17 women and girls, 217 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 140 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times 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).
More about Burleigh and names like it
- The most given names of the 1930sBurleigh peaked in 1932.
- Maine’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Burleigh since 1910.
- The top names of 1932The year the most babies were named Burleigh.
- Names starting with BMost given first.