# Burt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/burt/  
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 | /bɝt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,555 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,555 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 14 | 3,361 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,375 |
| 1989 | 15 | 3,641 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,193 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,016 |
| 1992 | 16 | 3,775 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,751 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,444 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7,926 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,269 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,665 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,538 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,745 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,616 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,987 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Burt

- Burt Lancaster, American actor (1913–1994)
- Burt Bacharach, American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)
- Burt Young, American actor (1940–2023)
- Burt Ward, American actor
- Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
- Burt Kwouk, British actor (1930–2016)
- Burt Kennedy, American film director and screenwriter (1922-2001)
- Burt McKinnie, Amateur golfer (1879–1946)
- Burt Monroe, American ornithologist (1930-1994)
- Burt Mustin, American character actor (1884–1977)
- Burt Grinstead, actor
- Burt Baskin, American businessman (1913–1967)

## 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.