Burke
Boy · BURK · English
Burke is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fortress”. In 2025 it ranked 2,641st for boys in the US (49 babies).
What does Burke mean?
English: Norman surname de Burgh, from Old English burh, prominent in Ireland
“fortress”
Irish statesman Edmund Burke (1729-1797) bore the surname, which came to Ireland with the Norman de Burgh family.
- Say it
- BURK
Is Burke a girl's or a boy's name?
Burke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Burke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,641among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 35,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were named Burke, making it the 2,641st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Burke in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Burke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,641 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,059 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,769 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,060 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,064 |
| 1968 | 58 | #958 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,215 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,000 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,222 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
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