Boy · Old English
Burton
Say it: BUR-tun
Meaning
From an English place name and surname, Old English burh 'fort' + tun 'farmstead', a 'fortified farmstead'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname used as a given name in the US from the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 22,394 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1925, about 1 in 1,900 boys
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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