Burhan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Burhan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Burhan: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #727, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1174
1998	#1263
1999	#973
2000	#1889
2002	#1322
2003	#1629
2004	#2578
2005	#1851
2006	#2282
2007	#2211
2008	#3687
2009	#1358
2010	#1911
2011	#1788
2012	#2270
2013	#3822
2014	#2079
2015	#3004
2016	#2175
2017	#1923
2018	#1875
2019	#1506
2020	#1723
2021	#1595
2022	#1692
2023	#1309
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1282 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1174 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Burhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Burhan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	3 of 10	12
2000s	76	9 of 10	8
2010s	102	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Burhan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Burhan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Buddy · #282, 27y
Burak · #1040, 29y
Burt · #2707, 10y
Busby · #1812, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayoub · #727, 29y
Haiden · #727, 29y
Massimo · #727, 29y
Ilaria · #700, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Burhan was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Burhan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Burhan without appearing here.

Burhan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Burhan

Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1160.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #967.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1358 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #1201.

Moved the same way as Burhan

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Burhan went from #1174 to #1692 and Brent from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Burhan went from #1174 to #1692 and Tor from #1578 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Burhan went from #1174 to #1723 and Brooke from #1174 to #4608.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Burhan went from #2282 to #1282 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Burhan at a glance

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Popularity journey

Burhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Burhan at a glance

Burhan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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