A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Burton
flinty · measured · creased
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from an Old English place name combining burh, meaning a fortified manor, with tūn, an enclosure or farmstead. Long established as a British habitational surname, it crossed into American birth rolls during the nineteenth century as an unadorned given name.
Also answers toBurt, Burtie
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 597 souls, A.D. 1925 2025
2025: 23 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
61 yrs
Most Burtons were born around 1963 — remembers exactly where the TV was in July 1969.
Peak Reign
1925
№222 that year
Generation
Boomer, 37%
then Gen X 22% · Silent 19%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈23K ever born · now falling
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Burton grew up with
SSA Datathe moon landing on a living-room TV·slot cars·AM radio countdowns
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Burton peaked in 1925.
Estimated average age: 61.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Burton sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Burton sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
Ledger Opens Soon
The public has not yet weighed in on Burton. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenA Burton reads as someone who keeps assorted washers in clean margarine tubs. Peaking in 1925, the name carries the quiet authority of a county surveyor or a high school drafting instructor. With the average living bearer now sixty-one years old, it belongs squarely to the generation that remembers analog channel dials. It rarely demands attention and almost never explains itself twice.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its zenith in 1925 with 597 recorded births, ranking at number 222.
Field Note 02
Baby Boomers account for thirty-seven percent of all living holders.
Field Note 03
Annual tallies have drifted down to roughly two dozen per year.
Notable Burtons
AI-WrittenBurton K. WheelerUnited States Senator from Montana, b. 1882
Burton RichterNobel Prize-winning physicist, b. 1931
Burton Malkieleconomist and author, b. 1932
Burton Cummingsmusician and lead singer of The Guess Who, b. 1947
Ephemera — If Burton were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Duluth, Minnesota
Color
Loden green
Object
Steel folding rule
Job
County surveyor
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