Purvi — girls' name
286 babies named Purvi in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Purvi was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Purvi in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Purvi
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Purvi between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Purvi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Purvi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Purvi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Purvi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Purvi 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 286 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.
Purvi at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Purvi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1973
- Peak year (1981)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
286 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 16 births in a single year.
Purvi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 76 births that decade — 27% of Purvi's all-time total
Purvi decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Purvi's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Purvi by state
Where Purvi concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 286 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.