Burnham is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Burnham is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1951. Burnham was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1918 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,783 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #3,757 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,564 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,513 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,307 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,321 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #3,849 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,039 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,233 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,497 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #3,797 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,322 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #3,917 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,247 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #3,881 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,444 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,084 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,263 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #3,986 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,320 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,316 |