Boys' name · since 1917
Purdy
Purdy has 14 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,921 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Purdy is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 14 have been recorded since 1917.
Purdy has 14 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1918.
- #31,921 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 14 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Purdy ranks #31,921 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #31,921 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Purdy's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Purdy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Purdy's full recorded timeline at 1918, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Purdy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1918
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Purdy by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Purdy's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Purdy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Purdy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1918 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Purdy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.