Purvis is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Purvis is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1996. Purvis first appears in 1900 and peaked in 1921 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | — | #7,752 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,989 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,861 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #8,904 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,776 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #6,325 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,810 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #5,347 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #4,058 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #3,351 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,606 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #6,258 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,664 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #5,088 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,938 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,328 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,935 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #2,478 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #2,652 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #3,601 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #2,930 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,928 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #2,058 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #2,625 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #2,281 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #2,639 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,391 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,402 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #2,275 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,838 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,462 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,465 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | #2,203 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #2,291 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #3,049 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,122 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,965 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,199 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #1,750 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #2,334 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #1,798 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,218 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,168 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #1,973 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,027 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,784 |
| 1939 | 18 | — | #1,621 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,959 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #1,898 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,778 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,578 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #2,003 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #1,763 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,288 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,187 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,418 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,294 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | #2,241 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | #1,856 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #1,834 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #2,894 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #1,801 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,939 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | #1,471 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #1,869 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,359 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #1,979 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,256 |
| 1916 | 19 | — | #1,683 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,700 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,849 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,164 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,829 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,940 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,548 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,458 |