Burl is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Burl is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Burl was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (211 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,065 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,659 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,992 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,965 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,712 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,448 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,242 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,089 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,401 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,202 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #4,798 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,295 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,057 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | — | #3,732 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | — | #5,550 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | — | #3,910 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,540 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | — | #3,089 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | — | #2,608 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | — | #2,583 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | — | #2,008 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | — | #2,478 |
| 1978 | 24 | — | — | #2,021 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | — | #2,137 |
| 1976 | 20 | — | — | #2,251 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | — | #2,141 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1973 | 30 | — | — | #1,587 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | — | #1,537 |
| 1971 | 32 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1970 | 36 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1969 | 40 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1968 | 43 | — | — | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 39 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1966 | 34 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,110 |
| 1964 | 48 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1963 | 47 | — | — | #1,123 |
| 1962 | 45 | — | — | #1,149 |
| 1961 | 52 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1960 | 59 | — | — | #997 |
| 1959 | 65 | — | — | #954 |
| 1958 | 67 | — | — | #929 |
| 1957 | 71 | — | — | #901 |
| 1956 | 80 | — | — | #835 |
| 1955 | 96 | — | — | #745 |
| 1954 | 86 | — | — | #769 |
| 1953 | 90 | — | — | #749 |
| 1952 | 83 | — | — | #771 |
| 1951 | 95 | — | — | #711 |
| 1950 | 99 | — | — | #686 |
| 1949 | 81 | — | — | #766 |
| 1948 | 93 | — | — | #691 |
| 1947 | 106 | — | — | #670 |
| 1946 | 102 | — | — | #635 |
| 1945 | 84 | — | — | #658 |
| 1944 | 86 | — | — | #667 |
| 1943 | 109 | — | — | #605 |
| 1942 | 120 | — | — | #562 |
| 1941 | 100 | — | — | #594 |
| 1940 | 113 | — | — | #556 |
| 1939 | 124 | — | — | #508 |
| 1938 | 110 | — | — | #554 |
| 1937 | 127 | — | — | #512 |
| 1936 | 127 | — | — | #505 |
| 1935 | 137 | — | — | #482 |
| 1934 | 120 | — | — | #537 |
| 1933 | 113 | — | — | #536 |
| 1932 | 144 | — | — | #478 |
| 1931 | 156 | — | — | #449 |
| 1930 | 134 | — | — | #515 |
| 1929 | 141 | — | #4,125 | #506 |
| 1928 | 178 | — | #3,467 | #467 |
| 1927 | 163 | — | — | #474 |
| 1926 | 152 | — | — | #487 |
| 1925 | 150 | — | — | #494 |
| 1924 | 159 | — | #5,176 | #500 |
| 1923 | 157 | — | — | #489 |
| 1922 | 190 | — | — | #440 |
| 1921 | 211 | — | — | #418 |
| 1920 | 174 | — | — | #459 |
| 1919 | 130 | — | — | #521 |
| 1918 | 140 | — | — | #504 |
| 1917 | 130 | — | — | #504 |
| 1916 | 150 | — | — | #464 |
| 1915 | 130 | — | — | #489 |
| 1914 | 92 | — | — | #508 |
| 1913 | 86 | — | — | #462 |
| 1912 | 66 | — | — | #484 |
| 1911 | 28 | — | — | #578 |
| 1910 | 37 | — | — | #454 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | — | #474 |
| 1908 | 21 | — | — | #556 |
| 1907 | 21 | — | — | #513 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | — | #593 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | — | #493 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #819 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #452 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #804 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #510 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | — | #584 |
| 1899 | 13 | — | — | #553 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | — | #641 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | — | #519 |
| 1896 | 15 | — | — | #538 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #807 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | — | #598 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | — | #576 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #497 |
| 1891 | 20 | — | — | #389 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #570 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | — | #557 |
| 1888 | 20 | — | — | #419 |
| 1887 | 19 | — | — | #381 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | — | #384 |
| 1885 | 17 | — | — | #442 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #669 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #560 |
| 1882 | 18 | — | — | #429 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | — | #539 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #486 |