Burlene — girls' name
69 babies named Burlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Burlene was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Burlene in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Burlene
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Burlene between 1929 and 1955, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Burlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Burlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Burlene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Burlene 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 69 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.
Burlene at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Burlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1929
- Peak year (1940)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
69 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 9 births in a single year.
Burlene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 27 births that decade — 39% of Burlene's all-time total
Burlene decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Burlene's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.