boys:
467 births since 1892
#4119 (10th percentile)
overall:
467 births since 1892
#7272 (6th percentile)
The name Burleigh is the #7,272 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 467 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 6.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,119 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 467 births since 1892.
Burleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for boys in 1892). Birth data for Burleigh is available in 47 out of the 80 years between 1892 and 1971. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Burleigh reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #506) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1892, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1971.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Burleigh".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Burleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Burleigh is pronounced as BER-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BER-luh, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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