girls:
764 births since 1906
#4952 (13th percentile)
boys:
234 births since 1915
#4352 (5th percentile)
overall:
998 births since 1906
#6741 (13th percentile)
The name Burnette is the #6,741 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 998 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,952 (13.3% percentile) for all time with 764 births since 1906. For boys, it ranks #4,352 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 234 births since 1915.
Burnette first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (1906 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Burnette is available in 61 out of the 65 years between 1906 and 1970 (61 years for girls and 34 years for boys). 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.
The name Burnette has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.6% of all recorded births being female. In 1970, 100.0% of babies named Burnette were girls.
For girls, Burnette reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #586) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1970.
For boys, Burnette reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #538) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1961.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Burnette".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Burnette. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Burnette is pronounced as ber-NEHT, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BER-NEHT, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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