Burnett
Burnett was last recorded in 1994, when 5 babies were given it; 1,843 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1994 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Burnett by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Burnett?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,969, in 1994; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
53 babies in 1920, the peak
Burnett peaked in 1920, when 53 babies were given it (43 boys, #1,075 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | under 5 | 5 | #8,969 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,544 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 8 | #4,904 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 6 | #5,722 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 10 | #3,885 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #5,604 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 6 | #5,137 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 5 | #5,709 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,234 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 10 | #3,254 |
Every recorded year (83)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,075 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 7 | #4,016 | |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,119 | 15 | #2,409 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 7 | #3,635 | |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,193 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1967 | under 5 | 6 | #3,600 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 11 | #2,483 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,632 | 15 | #2,097 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 16 | #2,048 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 13 | #2,312 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,680 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 12 | #2,425 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,773 | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 19 | #1,868 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,191 | 21 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 21 | #1,759 | |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,879 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,924 | 25 | #1,542 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,343 | 22 | #1,631 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,939 | 18 | #1,842 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,530 | 16 | #1,945 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 12 | #2,264 | |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,073 | 25 | #1,469 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,734 | 19 | #1,710 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,240 | 30 | #1,324 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,813 | 18 | #1,791 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,035 | 26 | #1,383 |
| 1945 | under 5 | 18 | #1,586 | |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,115 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,845 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 23 | #1,473 | |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,277 | 21 | #1,491 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 25 | #1,337 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,812 | 38 | #1,035 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 21 | #1,479 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 16 | #1,765 | |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,135 | 16 | #1,738 |
| 1935 | under 5 | 21 | #1,499 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,870 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,901 | 23 | #1,410 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 28 | #1,289 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 21 | #1,548 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 25 | #1,465 | |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,426 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,256 | 30 | #1,325 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,315 | 33 | #1,272 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,380 | 25 | #1,476 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,709 | 36 | #1,187 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,175 | 36 | #1,207 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,452 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 33 | #1,263 | |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,962 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,132 | 43 | #1,075 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,245 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,270 | 28 | #1,346 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,689 | 40 | #1,035 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,302 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,369 | 37 | #1,054 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 25 | #1,158 | |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,251 | 19 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,403 | 18 | #1,100 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 10 | #1,125 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 13 | #875 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 16 | #660 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,112 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 6 | #1,132 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 11 | #792 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,144 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,123 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #933 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 9 | #638 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #846 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #959 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Burnett a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,843 Americans recorded as Burnett, 15% are girls and 85% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Burnett: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Burnett, and how old are they?
An estimated 559 Americans named Burnett and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 61 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 719 people named Burnett (153 women and girls, 566 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 695 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Burnett
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Burnett and names like it
- Compare Burnett and MerrillBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBurnett peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Burnett since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Burnett.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Burnett alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.