# Burton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/burton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɝ.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,534 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22,486 / 48 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,515 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,918 |
| 1921 | 5 | 5,223 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,526 |
| 1923 | 5 | 5,064 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,944 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,814 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,616 |
| 1961 | 5 | 6,663 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,807 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,121 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,511 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,802 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,161 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,114 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,123 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,382 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,244 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,725 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,593 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,347 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3,637 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,099 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,419 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Burton

- Burton Richter, American physicist
- Burton Downing, American racing cyclist (1885–1929)
- Burton Jastram, American rower (1910-1995)
- Burton C. Bell, American heavy metal vocalist
- Burton Malkiel, American economist
- Francis Burton Harrison, American-Filipino politician (1873–1957)
- Burton K. Wheeler, American politician and lawyer (1882–1975)
- John Burton Cleland, Australian biologist (1878-1971)
- Burton Cummings, Canadian musician
- Burton L. King, American actor and director (1877–1944)
- Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (1912-1997)
- Burton Gilliam, American actor

## 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.