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How popular is “Purcell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Purcell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Purcell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Purcell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Purcell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Purcell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Purcell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Purcell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%

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