Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Purcell

#7,702 most common boys' name of all time · #19,369 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1985

Rank among boys
#7,702
Rank overall
#19,369 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
454
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1948 #2,197
Best rank
#2,197 1948
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
1920194019601980

Purcell first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1985 — 7 7 #5,288
1984 — 7 7 #5,115
1982 — 5 5 #6,580
1980 — 5 5 #6,461
1978 — 5 5 #5,968
1977 — 5 5 #6,064
1975 — 8 8 #4,049
1974 — 5 5 #5,407
1972 — 6 6 #4,609
1971 — 5 5 #5,115
1969 — 5 5 #4,611
1968 — 6 6 #3,855
1966 — 8 8 #3,111
1965 — 9 9 #2,884
1964 — 6 6 #3,793
1963 — 6 6 #3,827
1962 — 6 6 #3,812
1961 — 5 5 #4,308
1960 — 10 10 #2,779
1959 — 9 9 #2,939
1958 — 10 10 #2,742
1957 — 11 11 #2,584
1956 — 5 5 #4,159
1955 — 13 13 #2,271
1953 — 8 8 #3,044
1952 — 11 11 #2,477
1951 — 7 7 #3,249
1950 — 9 9 #2,714
1949 — 8 8 #2,953
1948 — 13 13 #2,197
1947 — 8 8 #3,025
1946 — 8 8 #2,842
1943 — 9 9 #2,699
1942 — 7 7 #3,136
1941 — 6 6 #3,377
1940 — 6 6 #3,353
1939 — 9 9 #2,569
1938 — 6 6 #3,427
1935 — 7 7 #3,169
1934 — 7 7 #3,185
1933 — 11 11 #2,346
1932 — 5 5 #4,059
1931 — 9 9 #2,829
1929 — 7 7 #3,470
1928 — 12 12 #2,503
1927 — 6 6 #4,033
1926 — 8 8 #3,318
1925 — 8 8 #3,332
1924 — 9 9 #3,207
1923 — 10 10 #2,923
1922 — 12 12 #2,614
1921 — 8 8 #3,441
1920 — 11 11 #2,742
1919 — 10 10 #2,844
1918 — 5 5 #4,483
1917 — 9 9 #2,922
1916 — 10 10 #2,716
1915 — 8 8 #3,069