Burnette
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Burnette has been given to 998 babies in the U.S. since 1906. 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 1923, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.
Babies named Burnette, 1970
1 in 601,000
Burnette over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Burnette over time
In 1970, Burnette went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Burnette?
Burnette had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1970
- 1 in 601,000
- 6 of 3,606,302 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 291,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1970
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 416,617 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Burnette sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 416,617 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Burnette. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Burnettes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Burnette was born before 1937 — so the typical Burnette is around 88 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 21.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 38.2%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 230
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 21.5% of all recorded uses (164).
Is Burnette 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1923 (29)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.9% average annual change
Spellings of Burnette
Burnette is not the most common spelling — Bernetta is, with 31.2% against Burnette's 8.5%.
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.
Where Burnette is used
Across 1910–2025, Burnette was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 630,431 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in —
- 2Minnesota1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
- 4South Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Burnette has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Burnette around the world
Where Burnette ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1974–1974#683in 1974
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Burnette by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Burnette
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Burnette
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.