Meaning and history
From an English surname originally derived from a place name meaning “fortified town” in Old English, Burton is also associated with notable bearer Richard Burton (1821–1890), an explorer of Africa and Asia.
20062006: 25 births, rank #3,888
2007: 29 births, rank #3,591
2008: 19 births, rank #4,901
2009: 26 births, rank #3,919
2010: 26 births, rank #3,894
20112011: 27 births, rank #3,792
2012: 36 births, rank #3,115
2013: 30 births, rank #3,497
2014: 27 births, rank #3,787
2015: 36 births, rank #3,149
20162016: 25 births, rank #4,098
2017: 25 births, rank #4,105
2018: 23 births, rank #4,354
2019: 24 births, rank #4,230
2020: 20 births, rank #4,698
20212021: 31 births, rank #3,582
2022: 35 births, rank #3,344
2023: 31 births, rank #3,629
2024: 19 births, rank #5,067
20252025: 23 births, rank #4,396
Burton moved from #908 to #938 for boys between 1980 and 1981. Its highest annual birth count came in 1925, with 597 births.