Buren
Masculine
Buren is the back half of a Dutch surname, and the man who carried it has two distinctions that sound like trivia and are not. He was the first president born under the constitution, and he grew up speaking Dutch.
How old is the name Buren?
Buren first appears in US birth records in 1893 — 132 years ago. The typical Buren alive today was born around 1927, making them about 98 years old. About 100 people named Buren are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Buren most popular?
Buren peaked in 1901, reaching #943 nationally. See the whole 1901 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Buren
Martin Van Buren was born in a Dutch-speaking village in the Hudson valley after independence, which makes him the first president who had never been a British subject, and Dutch was the language of his childhood home. He is the only president to date for whom English was a second language. He was also a professional politician in a way none of his predecessors had been, built the first real party machine, and lost the presidency after one term to a campaign that painted him as an effete aristocrat, which was the exact opposite of the truth. His autobiography runs to eight hundred pages and never mentions his wife.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Dutch surname refers to a town in Gelderland and the particle means from. Whether an American Buren is the surname shortened or a build is not recorded.
Pronouncing Buren
BYOOR-un
Two syllables with the stress in front. In Dutch the name is closer to BUE-run with a rounded first vowel.
Nicknames for Buren
Limited
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
- 1893
- Most boys named
- 191635 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #943reached in 1901
- Change vs 1970
- −14.3%6 in 1974, 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.
Burens among us
people named Buren 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
Buren 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
- It is read correctly at first sight and rarely needs spelling twice.
- It is short on paper and quick to write.
- It carries a documented American history a child can go and read about.
- It reads as half a surname to anybody who knows the full one.
- It will be heard as Byron or Buran by people catching it once.
- No origin is documented for the first name, so the meaning question has nothing settled behind it.
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Buren
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Frequently asked
- How many Burens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Buren are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Buren in 2025?
- Buren is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Buren with classmates?
- Buren will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with B, all years combined.
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