Fun Facts About the Name Burklee
- 109 babies named Burklee: U.S. records list 109 babies given the name Burklee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Burklee Mean?
Burklee is a variant spelling of the English surname and place name Berkeley (also spelled Burkley). Its established meaning is "birch wood" or "birch clearing." The name comes from Old English beorc, "birch," and lēah, "wood, clearing, meadow." The second element is rendered in different ways in English place names and surnames, including -ley, -leigh, and -lee; the -lee in Burklee is a phonetic respelling rather than evidence of a separate origin. Literally, the compound describes a birch grove or open land where birches grow.
Burklee Name History & Origins
The parent place name is Berkeley in Gloucestershire, England. It appears in Domesday Book (1086) as Berchelai, and the place gave rise to the surname Berkeley. A prominent English family took its name from Berkeley and was associated with Berkeley Castle from the twelfth century. As with many English habitational surnames, Berkeley and its variants later came into use as given names in the English-speaking world. Burklee belongs to this group as a less common spelling; its development is tied to the parent place name and surname, while the final -lee reflects a familiar English surname ending. There is no separate Old English root or non-English origin indicated by the spelling.
How Popular is the Name Burklee?
Burklee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #8,116 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,247 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #8,514 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #8,566 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #8,116 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #13,789 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,272 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #11,556 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #8,704 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #16,713 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #13,262 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #13,327 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,400 | 10 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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