How Many People Are Named Purcell?
people named Purcell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,726,186 people in the US has this name
Based on 454 babies named Purcell in Social Security records from 1915 to 1985, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Purcell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Purcell alive today is about 64 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Purcell first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1948, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1985.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1985
🏆 Rank History
Purcell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,192, in 1948.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,192 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,916 in the 1920s |
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