Burton is an established boys' name that peaked in 1925 and has since faded.
Burton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,419 for boy births in the United States (and #9,442 across all names), given to 23 babies. Burton first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1925 (597 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,419 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,099 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,637 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,593 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,725 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,244 |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,382 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,123 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,114 |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,161 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,802 |
| 2013 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,121 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,807 |
| 2010 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,909 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,930 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,923 |
| 2007 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,607 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,905 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,251 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,226 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,744 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,570 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,730 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,785 |
| 1999 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,293 |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,105 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | — | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 37 | — | — | #2,220 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | — | #2,856 |
| 1994 | 36 | — | — | #2,226 |
| 1993 | 36 | — | — | #2,168 |
| 1992 | 31 | — | — | #2,367 |
| 1991 | 45 | — | — | #1,772 |
| 1990 | 43 | — | — | #1,814 |
| 1989 | 54 | — | — | #1,521 |
| 1988 | 51 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1987 | 56 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1986 | 63 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1985 | 56 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1983 | 70 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1982 | 75 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1981 | 91 | — | — | #938 |
| 1980 | 97 | — | — | #908 |
| 1979 | 94 | — | — | #901 |
| 1978 | 102 | — | — | #848 |
| 1977 | 98 | — | — | #859 |
| 1976 | 82 | — | — | #921 |
| 1975 | 79 | — | — | #922 |
| 1974 | 86 | — | — | #861 |
| 1973 | 87 | — | — | #847 |
| 1972 | 112 | — | — | #751 |
| 1971 | 119 | — | — | #748 |
| 1970 | 121 | — | — | #749 |
| 1969 | 117 | — | — | #720 |
| 1968 | 120 | — | — | #690 |
| 1967 | 129 | — | — | #655 |
| 1966 | 152 | — | — | #604 |
| 1965 | 160 | — | — | #603 |
| 1964 | 163 | — | — | #613 |
| 1963 | 197 | — | — | #562 |
| 1962 | 154 | — | — | #624 |
| 1961 | 187 | — | #6,663 | #586 |
| 1960 | 186 | — | — | #572 |
| 1959 | 171 | — | — | #598 |
| 1958 | 158 | — | — | #612 |
| 1957 | 196 | — | — | #552 |
| 1956 | 191 | — | — | #551 |
| 1955 | 183 | — | — | #547 |
| 1954 | 192 | — | — | #525 |
| 1953 | 222 | — | — | #470 |
| 1952 | 217 | — | — | #471 |
| 1951 | 216 | — | — | #462 |
| 1950 | 252 | — | — | #421 |
| 1949 | 270 | — | — | #411 |
| 1948 | 246 | — | — | #426 |
| 1947 | 293 | — | — | #401 |
| 1946 | 285 | — | — | #388 |
| 1945 | 273 | — | — | #359 |
| 1944 | 293 | — | — | #349 |
| 1943 | 304 | — | — | #350 |
| 1942 | 317 | — | — | #342 |
| 1941 | 334 | — | — | #322 |
| 1940 | 345 | — | — | #301 |
| 1939 | 312 | — | — | #314 |
| 1938 | 384 | — | — | #282 |
| 1937 | 410 | — | — | #269 |
| 1936 | 435 | — | — | #256 |
| 1935 | 399 | — | — | #273 |
| 1934 | 433 | — | — | #260 |
| 1933 | 427 | — | — | #253 |
| 1932 | 447 | — | #3,616 | #257 |
| 1931 | 473 | — | — | #243 |
| 1930 | 560 | — | — | #227 |
| 1929 | 545 | — | — | #231 |
| 1928 | 523 | — | #4,814 | #243 |
| 1927 | 546 | — | — | #241 |
| 1926 | 563 | — | #4,944 | #237 |
| 1925 | 597 | — | — | #222 |
| 1924 | 551 | — | — | #245 |
| 1923 | 500 | — | #5,064 | #252 |
| 1922 | 485 | — | #4,526 | #257 |
| 1921 | 508 | — | #5,223 | #249 |
| 1920 | 433 | — | — | #264 |
| 1919 | 456 | — | — | #248 |
| 1918 | 455 | — | #4,918 | #251 |
| 1917 | 398 | — | — | #252 |
| 1916 | 363 | — | #4,515 | #266 |
| 1915 | 328 | — | — | #268 |
| 1914 | 244 | — | — | #285 |
| 1913 | 207 | — | — | #266 |
| 1912 | 163 | — | — | #280 |
| 1911 | 84 | — | — | #288 |
| 1910 | 53 | — | — | #345 |
| 1909 | 52 | — | — | #318 |
| 1908 | 34 | — | — | #405 |
| 1907 | 43 | — | — | #324 |
| 1906 | 50 | — | — | #282 |
| 1905 | 30 | — | — | #385 |
| 1904 | 41 | — | — | #307 |
| 1903 | 52 | — | — | #253 |
| 1902 | 29 | — | — | #368 |
| 1901 | 35 | — | — | #296 |
| 1900 | 38 | — | — | #354 |
| 1899 | 32 | — | — | #311 |
| 1898 | 38 | — | — | #307 |
| 1897 | 26 | — | — | #369 |
| 1896 | 42 | — | — | #283 |
| 1895 | 27 | — | — | #360 |
| 1894 | 29 | — | — | #332 |
| 1893 | 30 | — | — | #318 |
| 1892 | 32 | — | — | #331 |
| 1891 | 29 | — | — | #311 |
| 1890 | 28 | — | — | #328 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | — | #360 |
| 1888 | 42 | — | — | #278 |
| 1887 | 23 | — | — | #340 |
| 1886 | 35 | — | — | #288 |
| 1885 | 32 | — | — | #300 |
| 1884 | 38 | — | — | #278 |
| 1883 | 40 | — | — | #261 |
| 1882 | 38 | — | — | #278 |
| 1881 | 42 | — | — | #238 |
| 1880 | 34 | — | — | #283 |