Burney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burney

The Social Security Administration has registered 883 babies named Burney between 1882 and 1980, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Burney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Burney in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burney 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 883 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.