Burton
Boy · BUR-tun · English
Burton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fortified settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Burton mean?
English: English place-name surname
“fortified settlement”
From the many English places called Burton; the explorer Sir Richard Burton translated The Arabian Nights.
- Say it
- BUR-tun
More on Wiktionary.
Is Burton a girl's or a boy's name?
Burton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Burton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Burton, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 597 boys.
Half of all the boys named Burton in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Burton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,281 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,050 |
| 1981 | 91 | #938 |
| 1980 | 97 | #908 |
| 1979 | 94 | #901 |
| 1978 | 102 | #847 |
| 1977 | 98 | #859 |
| 1976 | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | 79 | #922 |
| 1974 | 86 | #861 |
| 1973 | 87 | #847 |
| 1972 | 112 | #750 |
| 1971 | 119 | #748 |
| 1970 | 121 | #749 |
| 1969 | 117 | #720 |
| 1968 | 120 | #689 |
| 1967 | 129 | #655 |
| 1966 | 152 | #603 |
| 1965 | 160 | #602 |
| 1964 | 163 | #613 |
| 1963 | 197 | #562 |
| 1962 | 154 | #624 |
| 1961 | 182 | #586 |
| 1960 | 186 | #570 |
| 1959 | 171 | #597 |
| 1958 | 158 | #611 |
| 1957 | 196 | #551 |
| 1956 | 191 | #550 |
| 1955 | 183 | #546 |
| 1954 | 192 | #524 |
| 1953 | 222 | #469 |
| 1952 | 217 | #470 |
| 1951 | 216 | #461 |
| 1950 | 252 | #420 |
| 1949 | 270 | #410 |
| 1948 | 246 | #426 |
| 1947 | 293 | #401 |
| 1946 | 285 | #388 |
| 1945 | 273 | #359 |
| 1944 | 293 | #349 |
| 1943 | 304 | #350 |
| 1942 | 317 | #342 |
| 1941 | 334 | #322 |
| 1940 | 345 | #301 |
| 1939 | 312 | #314 |
| 1938 | 384 | #282 |
| 1937 | 410 | #269 |
| 1936 | 435 | #256 |
| 1935 | 399 | #273 |
| 1934 | 433 | #260 |
| 1933 | 427 | #253 |
| 1932 | 440 | #257 |
| 1931 | 473 | #243 |
| 1930 | 560 | #227 |
| 1929 | 545 | #231 |
| 1928 | 518 | #243 |
| 1927 | 546 | #240 |
| 1926 | 558 | #237 |
| 1925 | 597 | #222 |
| 1924 | 551 | #245 |
| 1923 | 495 | #252 |
| 1922 | 479 | #256 |
| 1921 | 503 | #249 |
| 1920 | 433 | #263 |
| 1919 | 456 | #248 |
| 1918 | 450 | #251 |
| 1917 | 398 | #252 |
| 1916 | 358 | #266 |
| 1915 | 328 | #268 |
| 1914 | 244 | #285 |
| 1913 | 207 | #266 |
| 1912 | 163 | #280 |
| 1911 | 84 | #288 |
| 1910 | 53 | #345 |
| 1909 | 52 | #318 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 43 | #324 |
| 1906 | 50 | #281 |
| 1905 | 30 | #384 |
| 1904 | 41 | #306 |
| 1903 | 52 | #253 |
| 1902 | 29 | #367 |
| 1901 | 35 | #294 |
| 1900 | 38 | #354 |
| 1899 | 32 | #311 |
| 1898 | 38 | #307 |
| 1897 | 26 | #367 |
| 1896 | 42 | #282 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 29 | #332 |
| 1893 | 30 | #317 |
| 1892 | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 28 | #328 |
| 1889 | 24 | #360 |
| 1888 | 42 | #278 |
| 1887 | 23 | #340 |
| 1886 | 35 | #288 |
| 1885 | 32 | #298 |
| 1884 | 38 | #278 |
| 1883 | 40 | #261 |
| 1882 | 38 | #277 |
| 1881 | 42 | #237 |
| 1880 | 34 | #283 |
Nicknames for Burton
- Burt
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