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How popular is “Purnell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Purnell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Purnell” 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 “Purnell” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Purnell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Purnell” 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
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 6 15 -43%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%

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