Burdette
Masculine
Burdette is given to both — 1,714 boys and 127 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
A French diminutive ending has been put on an English surname and the record has given the result to girls. The ending is the one that closes Annette and Claudette; a man's family name wearing it reads as a woman's name to almost everybody, and the distribution follows the signal rather than the source.
How old is the name Burdette?
Burdette first appears in US birth records in 1885 — 140 years ago. The typical Burdette alive today was born around 1927, making them about 98 years old. About 300 people named Burdette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Burdette most popular?
Burdette peaked in 1922, reaching #766 nationally. See the whole 1922 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Burdett to Burdette
The story of Burdette
Three derivations have been offered for the surname and none has won. One takes it from an Old French word for a jest or a tall tale, which would make it a nickname for a teller of them. One takes it from a diminutive of a personal name. One takes it from a place. The name is well recorded in medieval England, the bearers were substantial people, and the etymology is simply not recoverable — which is the ordinary condition of a surname that is neither obviously occupational nor obviously territorial.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The surname's own origin is not settled, and the ending contributes nothing translatable. With the base unresolved and the suffix empty, no reading can be given.
How the name formed
- Burdett
- Burdette
Pronouncing Burdette
bur-DET
Two syllables with the weight at the back, as the French ending requires. The front is unstressed and reduces.
Nicknames for Burdette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1885
- Most boys named
- 192274 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #766reached in 1922
- Change vs 1978
- −14.3%6 in 1979, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Burdettes among us
people named Burdette are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Burdette sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Burt sits inside it as a short form with a completely different register.
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- It is genuinely rare with no competing associations.
- The spelling is recorded for a few girls, but nearly every child with it is a boy.
- No meaning can be given, because the surname's origin is unsettled.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Burdettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Burdette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Burdette in 2025?
- Burdette is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Burdette with classmates?
- Burdette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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