Purvis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Purvis

The Social Security Administration has registered 969 babies named Purvis between 1900 and 1996, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Purvis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Purvis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Purvis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Purvis in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Purvis 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 969 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.