girls:
1.6k births since 1893
#4163 (27th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1902
#3286 (28th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1893
#5010 (35th percentile)
The name Burnice is the #5,010 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,926 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 35.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,163 (27.1% percentile) for all time with 1,593 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #3,286 (28.3% percentile) for all time with 1,333 births since 1902.
Burnice first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for girls and 1902 for boys). Birth data for Burnice is available in 82 out of the 94 years between 1893 and 1986 (71 years for boys and 65 years for girls). 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 Burnice is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1986, 100.0% of babies named Burnice were boys. Interestingly, until around 1946, the name was more popular for girls (59.7% girls from 1893 to 1945), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (69.7% boys from 1946 to 1986).
For girls, Burnice reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #552) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 59 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
For boys, Burnice reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #466) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 63 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Burnice".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Burnice. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Burnice is pronounced as BER-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ber-NEES, at 24.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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