Given name
Purity
“one who is chaste; clean”
Purity is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “one who is chaste; clean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is chaste; clean.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Purity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 379
- 0 boys · 379 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #4,726 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,726 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 463 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Purity’s family of names
Purity has a related form in Pura. Purity has a related form in Pureza. Purity has a related form in Purisima.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Purevariant
- Puravariant
- Puriteavariant
- Purisimavariant
- Purezavariant
- Puritievariant
- Puritivariant
- Puriteevariant
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