Prudence

#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births

Peak · girls
#403
1880 · 17 births
Debut · girls
1880
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,256
since 1880

Prudence over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Prudence has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #403, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,09989
2024#2,58568
2023#2,31479
2022#1,97499
2021#2,48471
2020#2,15684
2019#1,850109
2018#2,02696
2017#2,03596
2016#2,32181
2015#2,59069
2014#2,80961
2013#2,34478
2012#3,13453
2011#2,27482
2010#2,87060
2009#3,08855
2008#4,26836
2007#4,80830
2006#4,57631
2005#5,26624
2004#5,55522
2003#6,57617
2002#7,04515
2001#9,35110
2000#9,16310
1999—
1998#11,1387
1997#10,8367
1996#11,8076
1995#7,04112
1994#9,5868
1993#13,4425
1992#10,4797
1991#7,98710
1990#9,2478
1989#8,7618
1988#10,3866
1987#7,9878
1986#5,18814
1985#5,67812
1984#8,1537
1983#5,14813
1982#4,34717
1981#4,00519
1980#4,97814
1979#2,72432
1978#3,38822
1977#3,08325
1976#1,91247
1975#1,87748
1974#1,84847
1973#1,38871
1972#1,31377
1971#1,125104
1970#1,52664
1969#2,58526
1968#2,48225
1967#2,07932
1966#1,95235
1965#1,91436
1964#1,97536
1963#1,78742
1962#1,70844
1961#1,92136
1960#1,83538
1959#1,67243
1958#1,90833
1957#1,44254
1956#1,35159
1955#1,46348
1954#1,34455
1953#1,18866
1952#1,18564
1951#1,16065
1950#1,15364
1949#1,02376
1948#93686
1947#861103
1946#818102
1945#76596
1944#718110
1943#641140
1942#725106
1941#88768
1940#88765
1939#83869
1938#86666
1937#91057
1936#96151
1935#92556
1934#1,01946
1933#98549
1932#1,00449
1931#1,02846
1930#95658
1929#1,01551
1928#1,05151
1927#85075
1926#92166
1925#80684
1924#96263
1923#99257
1922#97858
1921#1,01055
1920#84374
1919#95455
1918#87667
1917#80074
1916#88758
1915#1,02542
1914#1,11929
1913#83040
1912#79539
1911#93222
1910#1,03018
1909#73130
1908#97017
1907#74925
1906#77622
1905#90017
1904#83719
1903#78919
1902#73422
1901#77118
1900#67628
1899#81416
1898#61927
1897#93112
1896#79017
1895#85814
1894#64321
1893#61422
1892#72616
1891#69515
1890#59919
1889#62017
1888#55820
1887#73310
1886#50819
1885#57614
1884#7938
1883#57911
1882#7407
1881#5829
1880#40317
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Prudence was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Prudence
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 486 spots since 2024 (#2,585 → #2,099)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#2,156 → #2,099)
  • 491 spots since 2015 (#2,590 → #2,099)
  • Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1898 (#931 → #619)
  • Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1910 (#731 → #1,030)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #403 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,353
  • Highest: 1 in 5,353 girls born in 1880 were named Prudence (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Prudence (952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s132#403 (1880)#609
1890s179#599 (1890)#729
1900s217#676 (1900)#793
1910s444#795 (1912)#925
1920s634#806 (1925)#943
1930s547#838 (1939)#949
1940s952#641 (1943)#826
1950s551#1,153 (1950)#1,387
1960s350#1,708 (1962)#2,024
1970s537#1,125 (1971)#2,018
1980s118#4,005 (1981)#6,463
1990s70#7,041 (1995)#10,174
2000s250#3,088 (2009)#5,970
2010s785#1,850 (2019)#2,425
2020s490#1,974 (2022)#2,269

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Prudence in 1973

girls
#1,388
71 births · 1 in 20,538 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,388Prudence71
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 20,538 of them was named Prudence, which outranked 85.9% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prudence
  1. #1,374Shayne72
  2. #1,374Suzan72
  3. #1,374Tashia72
  4. #1,388Prudence71
  5. #1,388Edwina71
  6. #1,388Evonne71
  7. #1,388Felice71
  8. #1,399Caprice70
  9. #1,399Carleen70
  10. #1,399Cheree70

Tied with 10 names at #1,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →