Girls' name · since 1915
Burnelle
17 babies named Burnelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Burnelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1915.
Burnelle has 17 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1928.
- #47,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Burnelle ranks #47,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #47,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Burnelle's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Burnelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Burnelle's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Burnelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1928
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Burnelle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1920s was Burnelle's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Burnelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Burnelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Burnelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.