Purpose Popularity by Year
Follow Purpose across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Purpose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 19 | #5,045 | Up 5,893 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 26 | #4,987 | Up 628 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Down 4,041 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 22 | #5,615 | Up 1,307 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 12 | #6,897 | Up 365 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 16 | #6,922 | Down 938 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 11 | #7,262 | Up 2,452 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 20 | #5,984 | Up 983 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 160 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 16 | #6,967 | Up 1,986 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 1,249 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Up 2,403 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 6 | #10,803 | — |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Up 4,326 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 5 | #15,682 | Down 1,558 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 6 | #14,124 | Up 358 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Up 3,022 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 5 | #17,504 | — |