Burns — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burns

The Social Security Administration has registered 584 babies named Burns between 1886 and 2016, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burns currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burns performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Burns shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Burns in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burns 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 584 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.