as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the numerous places in England so called. In most cases the place name is derived from Old English burh ‘fortress, fortified place’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
| 1,430th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,610
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 15,920
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Burton per capita
- 1925
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
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19%
30-54
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1%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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