Burl
Burl is the given name of:Burl Barer, American author and literary historian best known for his work on the character of Simon Templar, a.k.a.
Meaning & Origin of Burl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Burl is the given name of:Burl Barer, American author and literary historian best known for his work on the character of Simon Templar, a.k.a.
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The Story of Burl
Burl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 14 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 211 births, good for #418 nationwide. About 23% of every Burl on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Burl last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Burl
Burl is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Burl's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #418. Use the chart and map above to compare Burl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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