Burwell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Burwell

The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Burwell between 1913 and 1958, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Burwell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Burwell performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Burwell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Burwell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Burwell 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 167 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.