first name
BURT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,889 people named Burt, 77% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Black and 6.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Burt peaked in 1956, when 152 babies got the name.
At least 6,555 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Burt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #705. The largest share of babies named Burt, 32.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Burt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Burt has been most common in Hawaii (7.1×), New York (3.8×), and California (2×), and least common in Georgia (0.46×).
2,357 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Burt ranks #1,342 of 156,621, with 25,595 people. See Burt as a last name
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