Quick answers about Burl
How many people are named Burl?
An estimated 1,743 living Americans are named Burl.
How rare is Burl?
Burl fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Burl?
The median age of a living American named Burl is approximately 67 years, with most bearers falling between 56 and 76 years old.
Is Burl still popular?
Not especially. Burl has been declining since its 1921 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Burl most common?
Burl has its strongest geographic signal in West Virginia, where it appears 6.6× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Burl is most concentrated in West Virginia — about 5.9× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Burl is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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