NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Purcell Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Purcell: every year it appeared on the national list since 1915, with 454 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
454
Peak year
1948 #2193
Years on the list
58
10-year trend
+26.7%

In the 1940s ·

Popularity history

1915–1985

YearBirthsRank
19646#3931
19659#2934
19668#3181
19686#4020
19695#4860
19715#5473
19726#4836
19745#5802
19758#4208
19775#6605
19785#6522
19805#7025
19825#7103
19847#5436
19857#5596

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

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State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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