Burley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burley

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,310 babies named Burley between 1880 and 2020, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Burley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Burley in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burley 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 2,310 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.