Burt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burt

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,555 babies named Burt between 1880 and 2017, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 152 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burt performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Burt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 695 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Burt in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burt 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 6,555 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.