Is Burns a boy or girl name?

Burns is a boy’s name. Of the 584 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Burns

Recorded 1886–2016 · United States

Burns was most popular in 1920, when 30 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,662 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 584 people named Burns.

Burns over time

Births per year. The dot marks Burns’s peak in 1920. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Burns a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Burns is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 584 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org