Prosper

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Peak · boys
#866
1881 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
678
since 1881

Prosper over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #866, 1881girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#10,9178#3,45033
2024#8,44312#2,67449
2023#9,61610#3,00541
2022#15,3065#2,79346
2021#9,56210#2,97241
2020#12,1427#4,27523
2019#11,3568#3,89927
2018#11,4278#4,09425
2017#11,6158#4,59421
2016—#5,12418
2015—#4,40722
2014—#7,56210
2013—#5,92314
2012—#9,7097
2011—#7,50210
2010—#8,1399
2009—#8,3109
2008—#6,76312
2007—#8,9158
2006—#12,0555
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2002—#9,3926
2001—#9,2436
2000—#7,4168
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1918—#1,99816
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Prosper! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Prosper is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Prosper, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007

Best ever in a state: #1,338 in Georgia, 2022.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Prosper
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 776 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #3,450)
  • 825 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,450)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1881–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
  • Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Prosper (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 34.4% of all boys named Prosper (233) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#919
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s5#1,137 (1902)#1,137
1910s72#1,998 (1918)#2,543
1920s74#2,331 (1923)#2,948
1930s38#2,651 (1931)#3,268
1940s10#3,338 (1945)#3,536
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1990s7#7,560 (1998)#7,560
2000s61#6,763 (2008)#8,878
2010s163#3,899 (2019)#6,095
2020s233#2,674 (2024)#3,195

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

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