first name
BURTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 8,663 people named Burton, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 5% as Black and 2.3% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Burton peaked in 1925, when 597 babies got the name.
At least 22,534 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Burton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #533. The largest share of babies named Burton, 32.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Burton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Burton has been most common in Vermont (3.7×), Connecticut (3×), and Minnesota (2.6×), and least common in Alabama (0.15×).
15,948 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, Burton ranks #292 of 156,621, with 105,987 people. See Burton as a last name
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