Boy
Burton
As a boy's name, Burton is understood to mean "Fortified town". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The registry counts around 21,666 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
Old EnglishOld English
Etymology"Fortified town"
Births by decade
1900s
404
1910s
2,751
1920s
5,251
1930s
4,280
1940s
2,960
1950s
1,997
1960s
1,564
1970s
981
1980s
673
1990s
323
2000s
250
2010s
232
Peaked in the 1920s · 21,666 total U.S. births since 1900