Purnell
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1919
15 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
768
since 1913
Born a Purnell? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Purnell was most popular in 1919, when 15 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Purnell in 2025. Not recorded since 2010.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 10 | 4993 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 11 | 3400 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 11 | 3386 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 13 | 2659 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 14 | 2558 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 12 | 2549 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 18 | 1853 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 17 | 1918 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 19 | 1850 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 17 | 1957 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 11 | 2530 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 15 | 2093 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 15 | 2093 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 12 | 2316 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 12 | 2287 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 11 | 2376 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 13 | 2135 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 15 | 1943 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 7 | 2743 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 18 | 1630 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 10 | 2333 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 11 | 2159 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 11 | 2185 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 8 | 2680 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 10 | 2609 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 9 | 2766 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 3023 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 13 | 2376 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 10 | 2765 |
| 1919 | 6 | 4251 | 15 | 2063 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 7 | 3217 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 11 | 2310 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
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Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years