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.

Purnell

#5,618 most common boys' name of all time · #14,008 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1913–2010

Rank among boys
#5,618
Rank overall
#14,008 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
768
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #2,141
Best rank
#1,672 1944
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
19201940196019802000

Purnell first appears in 1913. 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
2010 — 6 6 #10,873
2004 — 5 5 #11,491
2003 — 6 6 #9,691
1995 — 8 8 #6,477
1994 — 8 8 #6,448
1992 — 10 10 #5,296
1991 — 7 7 #6,617
1990 — 10 10 #5,051
1989 — 9 9 #5,240
1986 — 6 6 #6,059
1985 — 5 5 #6,693
1984 — 9 9 #4,289
1983 — 8 8 #4,586
1982 — 9 9 #4,313
1981 — 8 8 #4,610
1980 — 6 6 #5,678
1979 — 13 13 #3,230
1978 — 11 11 #3,455
1977 — 11 11 #3,457
1974 — 7 7 #4,310
1973 — 13 13 #2,770
1972 — 13 13 #2,716
1971 — 14 14 #2,607
1970 — 13 13 #2,670
1969 — 12 12 #2,616
1968 — 8 8 #3,202
1967 — 18 18 #1,881
1966 — 14 14 #2,177
1965 — 17 17 #1,962
1964 — 19 19 #1,880
1963 — 17 17 #2,013
1962 — 5 5 #4,237
1961 — 8 8 #3,209
1960 — 8 8 #3,201
1959 — 11 11 #2,600
1958 — 15 15 #2,144
1957 — 15 15 #2,151
1956 — 10 10 #2,723
1955 — 11 11 #2,511
1954 — 12 12 #2,402
1953 — 12 12 #2,347
1952 — 11 11 #2,466
1951 — 13 13 #2,214
1950 — 8 8 #2,918
1949 — 9 9 #2,722
1948 — 15 15 #2,012
1947 — 10 10 #2,616
1946 — 14 14 #2,013
1945 — 7 7 #2,895
1944 — 18 18 #1,672
1943 — 7 7 #3,112
1942 — 6 6 #3,399
1941 — 10 10 #2,454
1939 — 11 11 #2,253
1938 — 11 11 #2,295
1937 — 8 8 #2,833
1935 — 9 9 #2,669
1933 — 9 9 #2,686
1932 — 7 7 #3,260
1931 — 8 8 #3,016
1930 — 10 10 #2,735
1929 — 9 9 #2,917
1928 — 10 10 #2,780
1927 — 11 11 #2,654
1926 — 6 6 #3,922
1925 — 10 10 #2,876
1924 — 9 9 #3,165
1923 — 5 5 #4,476
1921 — 13 13 #2,480
1920 — 10 10 #2,916
1919 6 15 21 #2,141
1917 — 7 7 #3,377
1916 — 7 7 #3,371
1915 — 11 11 #2,442
1914 — 6 6 #3,136
1913 — 5 5 #3,211