Burke is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2014 and remains in steady use.
Burke is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,649 for boy births in the United States (and #5,687 across all names), given to 49 babies. Burke first appears in 1881 and peaked in 2013 (78 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,649 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,226 |
| 2023 | 58 | 58 | #15,616 | #2,515 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,592 |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | #15,690 | #2,064 |
| 2020 | 71 | 71 | #15,555 | #2,116 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | #11,559 | #2,088 |
| 2018 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,395 |
| 2017 | 59 | 59 | #10,105 | #2,572 |
| 2016 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,281 |
| 2015 | 65 | 65 | #13,266 | #2,280 |
| 2014 | 79 | 79 | #13,329 | #1,981 |
| 2013 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,831 |
| 2012 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,107 |
| 2011 | 77 | 77 | #15,182 | #1,950 |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #15,299 | #2,122 |
| 2009 | 65 | 65 | #15,596 | #2,235 |
| 2008 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,090 |
| 2007 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,142 |
| 2006 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,106 |
| 2005 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,426 |
| 2003 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,939 |
| 2002 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,001 |
| 2001 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,986 |
| 2000 | 55 | 55 | — | #1,897 |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #14,774 | #1,936 |
| 1998 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,238 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | — | #2,459 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | — | #2,933 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | — | #3,883 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | — | #2,695 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | — | #2,795 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | — | #3,121 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | — | #3,005 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | — | #2,790 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | — | #2,548 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | — | #2,614 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | — | #2,122 |
| 1986 | 31 | — | — | #1,927 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | — | #2,234 |
| 1984 | 30 | — | — | #1,845 |
| 1983 | 45 | — | — | #1,401 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | — | #2,520 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | — | #2,144 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | — | #1,439 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | — | #1,710 |
| 1976 | 41 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1975 | 35 | — | — | #1,509 |
| 1974 | 45 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | — | #1,273 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1971 | 49 | — | — | #1,166 |
| 1970 | 62 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1969 | 53 | — | — | #1,065 |
| 1968 | 58 | — | — | #959 |
| 1967 | 41 | — | — | #1,166 |
| 1966 | 38 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1965 | 51 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1964 | 57 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1963 | 52 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,674 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1960 | 31 | — | — | #1,434 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | — | #1,628 |
| 1958 | 34 | — | — | #1,321 |
| 1957 | 40 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1956 | 31 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1955 | 32 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1954 | 39 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1952 | 29 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | — | #1,824 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | — | #1,491 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | — | #1,452 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,044 |
| 1945 | 22 | — | — | #1,413 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1943 | 30 | — | — | #1,260 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,417 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 22 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | — | #1,699 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | — | #1,455 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | — | #1,509 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | — | #1,335 |
| 1932 | 18 | — | — | #1,722 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1930 | 16 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | — | #1,877 |
| 1926 | 25 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | — | #1,540 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | — | #1,761 |
| 1922 | 35 | — | — | #1,225 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1919 | 22 | — | — | #1,578 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | — | #1,548 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1916 | 21 | — | — | #1,558 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | — | #1,612 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | — | #1,453 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,627 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #867 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #799 |