Burnard — boys' name
331 babies named Burnard in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Burnard was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Burnard in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Burnard
The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Burnard between 1912 and 1960, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burnard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Burnard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Burnard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Burnard 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 331 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.
Burnard at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Burnard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1912
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
331 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 16 births in a single year.
Burnard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 121 births that decade — 37% of Burnard's all-time total
Burnard decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Burnard's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1912–1960 (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.