Purpose
Mostly girls · PUR-pus · English
Purpose is a name of English origin, meaning “aim, intention”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Purpose mean?
English: English word used as a virtue-style name
“aim, intention”
From the English word, which came from Old French porpos 'intention'.
- Say it
- PUR-pus
Is Purpose a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Purpose has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Purpose in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Purpose, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. It first appears in the records in 2008. 19 boys were also named Purpose in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Purpose of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Purpose in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Purpose in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Purpose
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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