Prudence
#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,256since 1880
Prudence over time
Rank among girls' names. Prudence has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,099 | 89 |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 |
| 2023 | #2,314 | 79 |
| 2022 | #1,974 | 99 |
| 2021 | #2,484 | 71 |
| 2020 | #2,156 | 84 |
| 2019 | #1,850 | 109 |
| 2018 | #2,026 | 96 |
| 2017 | #2,035 | 96 |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 |
| 2013 | #2,344 | 78 |
| 2012 | #3,134 | 53 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 |
| 2010 | #2,870 | 60 |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,351 | 59 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 |
| 1948 | #936 | 86 |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 |
| 1946 | #818 | 102 |
| 1945 | #765 | 96 |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 |
| 1943 | #641 | 140 |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 |
| 1941 | #887 | 68 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #838 | 69 |
| 1938 | #866 | 66 |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 |
| 1936 | #961 | 51 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 49 |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1928 | #1,051 | 51 |
| 1927 | #850 | 75 |
| 1926 | #921 | 66 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 |
| 1924 | #962 | 63 |
| 1923 | #992 | 57 |
| 1922 | #978 | 58 |
| 1921 | #1,010 | 55 |
| 1920 | #843 | 74 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 |
| 1918 | #876 | 67 |
| 1917 | #800 | 74 |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #830 | 40 |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 |
| 1911 | #932 | 22 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #837 | 19 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 |
| 1900 | #676 | 28 |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 |
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.
Where Prudence is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#571 · 1 in 9,534
- Ohio#601 · 1 in 12,388
- Michigan#609 · 1 in 11,781
- Pennsylvania#611 · 1 in 12,838
- New York#707 · 1 in 14,191
Best ever in a state: #193 in Maine, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #571 | 9 | 1 in 9,534 |
| Ohio | #601 | 7 | 1 in 12,388 |
| Michigan | #609 | 6 | 1 in 11,781 |
| Pennsylvania | #611 | 8 | 1 in 12,838 |
| New York | #707 | 10 | 1 in 14,191 |
| California | #968 | 6 | 1 in 18,870 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Prudence
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #403 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1909
- 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%)
- 15.2% of all girls named Prudence (952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #403 (1880) | #609 |
| 1890s | 179 | #599 (1890) | #729 |
| 1900s | 217 | #676 (1900) | #793 |
| 1910s | 444 | #795 (1912) | #925 |
| 1920s | 634 | #806 (1925) | #943 |
| 1930s | 547 | #838 (1939) | #949 |
| 1940s | 952 | #641 (1943) | #826 |
| 1950s | 551 | #1,153 (1950) | #1,387 |
| 1960s | 350 | #1,708 (1962) | #2,024 |
| 1970s | 537 | #1,125 (1971) | #2,018 |
| 1980s | 118 | #4,005 (1981) | #6,463 |
| 1990s | 70 | #7,041 (1995) | #10,174 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,088 (2009) | #5,970 |
| 2010s | 785 | #1,850 (2019) | #2,425 |
| 2020s | 490 | #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 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 22,512 of them was named Prudence, which outranked 83.1% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,018Jeanetta77
- #1,018Ronni77
- #1,018Trina77
- #1,023Prudence76
- #1,023Allie76
- #1,023Carmelita76
- #1,023Erin76
- #1,032Ellyn75
- #1,032Johnny75
- #1,032Kendra75
Tied with 8 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.