Unisex name · since 2019
Pure
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Pure, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pure is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 51 have been recorded since 2019.
Social Security Administration records show Pure recorded 51 times among girls since 2019, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2024.
- #34,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pure ranks #34,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pure's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pure's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pure splits its recorded history at 2022: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pure popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Pure popularity over time - boys
19 total births recorded since 2021 (Pure as boys' name)
Pure by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Pure's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Pure births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pure: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2019–2024 (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 Pure 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.