Burns is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Burns is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Burns was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1920 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #10,953 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #6,173 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,733 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,279 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,683 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,141 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,106 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,318 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,311 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,044 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,203 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,554 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #2,905 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,099 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #1,887 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,381 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,415 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,027 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #2,894 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #2,968 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #2,904 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,174 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,157 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,675 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,006 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #2,898 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,745 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #2,771 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,771 |
| 1932 | 18 | — | #1,723 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,502 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,465 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,466 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | #2,176 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #2,937 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,449 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,685 |
| 1924 | 20 | — | #1,785 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,135 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | #1,773 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,071 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | #1,327 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,165 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,605 |
| 1917 | 20 | — | #1,650 |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,307 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,656 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,794 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,507 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,595 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #994 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #858 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #987 |