Burns Popularity by Year
Follow Burns across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Burns birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 4,688 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 2,383 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 424 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 7 | #3,249 | Up 391 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Up 425 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 5 | #4,065 | Down 27 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 748 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 7 | #3,290 | Down 15 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Down 251 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 8 | #3,024 | Up 152 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 7 | #3,176 | Down 645 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Up 344 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Up 191 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Down 1,187 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 16 | #1,879 | Up 64 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 15 | #1,943 | Up 413 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 11 | #2,356 | Up 47 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 10 | #2,403 | Up 593 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 134 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 7 | #2,862 | Up 78 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 7 | #2,940 | Down 68 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 7 | #2,872 | Up 258 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 6 | #3,130 | Down 17 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 6 | #3,113 | Down 467 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Down 654 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 13 | #1,992 | Up 862 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 7 | #2,854 | Down 135 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 8 | #2,719 | Up 23 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 8 | #2,742 | Down 4 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 8 | #2,738 | Down 1,022 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 18 | #1,716 | Up 755 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 10 | #2,471 | Down 27 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 11 | #2,444 | Up 8 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 11 | #2,452 | Down 290 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 14 | #2,162 | Up 750 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 9 | #2,912 | Down 476 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 12 | #2,436 | Down 757 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 21 | #1,679 | Up 97 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 20 | #1,776 | Up 347 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 15 | #2,123 | Down 358 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 20 | #1,765 | Up 294 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 16 | #2,059 | Down 736 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 30 | #1,323 | Up 829 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 14 | #2,152 | Down 556 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 22 | #1,596 | Up 47 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 20 | #1,643 | Down 339 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 27 | #1,304 | Up 1,317 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 9 | #2,621 | Down 849 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 13 | #1,772 | Down 275 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 13 | #1,497 | Up 1,047 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | Down 1,566 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 6 | #978 | Down 137 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 6 | #841 | Up 118 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | — |