# Burl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/burl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,181 / 19 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 5 | 5,176 |
| 1928 | 8 | 3,467 |
| 1929 | 6 | 4,125 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 13 | 3,732 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,057 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,295 |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,798 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,202 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,401 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,089 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,242 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,448 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,712 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,965 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,986 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,992 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,659 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,065 |

## People named Burl

- Burl Ives, American musician (1909–1995)
- Sam Kinison, American comedian (1953–1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.