How Many People Are Named Burk?
An estimated 158 people in the United States have the first name Burk. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Burk peaked in popularity in 1969 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Burk as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Burk paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
158
About 1 in 2,169,331 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1969
11 births
Total Registered
244
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Burk
Burk is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 244 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Burk as a male name
Ranked #10,992 in 2019
6 male births in 2019
Peak: 1969 (11 births)
Burk: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Burk span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 51 babies were registered. While Burk is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Burk by Decade
How has Burk tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Burk + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Burk as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Burk
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Burk: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Burk?
We estimate approximately 158 people named Burk are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,169,331 Americans share this first name.
Is Burk a common name?
Burk is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 244 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Burk most popular?
Burk reached peak popularity in 1969, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Burk is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Burk a male name?
Burk is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Burk Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Burk Smith, Burk Johnson, Burk Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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