Burtis — boys' name
480 babies named Burtis in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Burtis was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Burtis in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Burtis
The Social Security Administration has registered 480 babies named Burtis between 1911 and 1977, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burtis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Burtis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Burtis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Burtis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Burtis 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 480 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.
Burtis at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Burtis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1911
- Peak year (1943)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
480 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 20 births in a single year.
Burtis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 135 births that decade — 28% of Burtis's all-time total
Burtis decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Burtis's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Burtis by state
Where Burtis concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 4.2% |
20 of 480 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.