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Burton

Pronounced /ˈbɝ.tən/

Rank in 2024
#5,192
Born in 2024
19
Peak year
1925 · #222
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 19 boys were named Burton, about 1 in every 90,280.
  • It peaked in 1925 with 597 babies, ranked #222.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 22,464 boys have been named Burton since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Burton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 7,269 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Silent: 7,202 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,974 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,757 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 829 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 409 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 325 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈbɝ.tən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Burton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Bryton

    Rank
    #3,083
    Born '24
    40
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20062024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Barton

    Rank
    #14,022
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19602024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Berton

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19242024