Unisex name · since 2008
Purpose
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 141 babies named Purpose, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,080 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
141 babies have been named Purpose since 2008, making it today's #5080 unisex name.
Purpose has 141 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5080 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #23,437 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,080 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 141 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Purpose ranks #23,437 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,080 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 141 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,437 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,080 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 141
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Purpose's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Purpose compares
141 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Purpose's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Purpose | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 141 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Purpose's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Purpose's full recorded timeline at 2020, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Purpose popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Purpose popularity over time - boys
68 total births recorded since 2019 (Purpose as boys' name)
Purpose by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (111 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Purpose's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Purpose births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 111 births (79% of all-time use).
Purpose by state
Where Purpose concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 141 births nationwide.
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What to do with Purpose's data
- Georgia records the most Purposes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Purpose: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Purpose 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.