Burim

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Burim has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1982. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1982, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Burim, 1982

1 in 585,000

Burim over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Burim: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Burim means

Burim is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Burim is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Burim between 1982 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1982; its best national rank was #5,720 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Burim?

Burim had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982: 1 in 585,000; 6 of 3,507,638 births
Among boys only: 1 in 302,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1982: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 405,219 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Burim sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 405,219 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Burim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Burims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Burim was born before 1982 — so the typical Burim is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Burim rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1982 (6)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,720; 1982

Spellings of Burim

Burim is not the most common spelling — Burl is, with 17.1% against Burim's 0.01%.

Burl17.1%7,181
Karim16.4%6,886
Burt15.6%6,555
Boris11.0%4,621
Burke9.8%4,118
Yuri5.9%2,455
Bram3.7%1,537
Uri3.0%1,255

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Burim by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,720; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 6 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Burim

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Buraq Burie Bural Buruk Burbon Burnam Burrus Lirim Jorim Burvin Burce Burlyn Burell Burgin Burach Burchel Afrim Carim Burrill Buron Burnet Burnley Blerim Erim

Sibling names for Burim

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Eboni Lyndsay Shamika Afton Tanesha Christopher Kandi Matthew

For a brother

Jamaal Donnell Jerrod Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Marques

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