Pura — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pura

The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Pura between 1922 and 1979, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pura performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Pura shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Pura in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pura in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 173 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.