Burness — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burness

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Burness between 1916 and 1960, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burness currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burness performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Burness shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burness 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 40 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.