Burma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Burma

The Social Security Administration has registered 931 babies named Burma between 1896 and 1965, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Burma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burma performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Burma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Burma in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burma 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 931 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.