Baby name

Burl

Boy

Classic name

1921 was its best year: 211 births, or 1 baby in 11,064. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 123 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

7,181births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 418rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Burl are born

1921

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The darker the blue, the more common Burl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Burl is most common in Arkansas (8.4 times), West Virginia (8.1) and Oklahoma (8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Burt 6,555
Murl 1,941
Buel 1,135
Berl 1,089

Names from the same era

Dewitt · Arlie · Patsy · Harmon · Milford · Odis

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