Purl Popularity by Year
Follow Purl across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Purl birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 804 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 10 | #2,755 | Up 1,112 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 6 | #3,867 | Down 45 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | Down 305 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 7 | #3,517 | Up 651 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | Down 623 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 6 | #3,545 | Down 368 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 7 | #3,177 | Up 87 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | Down 2,270 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 5 | #994 | Down 35 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | Down 194 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 7 | #765 | Up 83 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 6 | #848 | — |