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.

Purl

#16,798 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–1929

Rank among boys
#16,798
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #2,791
Best rank
#830 1885
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19001920

Purl first appears in 1884. 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
1929 — 6 6 #3,604
1925 — 10 10 #2,791
1924 — 6 6 #3,917
1923 — 6 6 #3,867
1921 — 7 7 #3,567
1919 — 5 5 #4,228
1917 — 6 6 #3,602
1916 — 7 7 #3,218
1914 — 5 5 #3,305
1890 — 5 5 #1,110
1886 — 5 5 #1,064
1885 — 7 7 #830
1884 — 6 6 #964