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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Purvis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Purvis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Purvis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Purvis” 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
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 27 0.000011566 27 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 19 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%

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