Purvis Popularity by Year
Follow Purvis across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Purvis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 320 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Up 455 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 93 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Up 727 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 2,573 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 7 | #5,332 | Up 453 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 6 | #5,785 | Down 1,286 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 8 | #4,499 | Up 462 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 7 | #4,961 | Down 1,123 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 10 | #3,838 | Down 623 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 12 | #3,215 | Up 2,630 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 258 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | Down 1,278 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 7 | #4,309 | Up 325 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 129 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 6 | #4,505 | Down 542 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Down 1,150 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 12 | #2,813 | Down 414 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 15 | #2,399 | Up 150 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 12 | #2,549 | Up 816 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 7 | #3,365 | Down 605 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 9 | #2,760 | Up 24 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 9 | #2,784 | Down 797 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 16 | #1,987 | Up 559 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 11 | #2,546 | Down 346 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 304 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 11 | #2,504 | Down 182 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 13 | #2,322 | Down 7 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 13 | #2,315 | Down 115 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 1,359 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 1,184 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Down 14 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 12 | #2,361 | Down 222 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 14 | #2,139 | Up 68 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 13 | #2,207 | Up 324 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Up 344 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Down 820 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 14 | #2,055 | Up 715 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 8 | #2,770 | Down 647 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 13 | #2,123 | Down 420 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 19 | #1,703 | Up 548 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Down 492 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 17 | #1,759 | Up 372 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 11 | #2,131 | Down 51 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 12 | #2,080 | Down 170 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 15 | #1,910 | Up 36 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 14 | #1,946 | Down 125 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 15 | #1,821 | Down 85 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 16 | #1,736 | Down 158 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 18 | #1,578 | Up 323 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 14 | #1,901 | Down 73 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 15 | #1,828 | Down 105 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 16 | #1,723 | Down 185 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 20 | #1,538 | Up 394 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 14 | #1,932 | Down 225 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 17 | #1,707 | Up 484 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 12 | #2,191 | Down 90 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 13 | #2,101 | Up 192 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 12 | #2,293 | Down 94 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 13 | #2,199 | Down 37 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 14 | #2,162 | Down 366 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 19 | #1,796 | Down 9 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 19 | #1,787 | Up 968 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 10 | #2,755 | Down 1,223 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 25 | #1,532 | Up 221 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 20 | #1,753 | Up 130 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 18 | #1,883 | Down 435 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 27 | #1,448 | Up 372 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 19 | #1,820 | Up 445 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Down 360 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 17 | #1,905 | Up 283 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 13 | #2,188 | Down 542 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 19 | #1,646 | Up 14 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 18 | #1,660 | Up 991 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 7 | #2,651 | Up 170 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | Down 277 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | Down 804 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 5 | #1,740 | Down 319 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 6 | #1,421 | Down 419 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 7 | #1,002 | Up 308 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 5 | #1,310 | — |