Prudy
- Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 215since 1912
Prudy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Prudy has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
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| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
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| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
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| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
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| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Prudy! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Prudy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Prudy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1944 at #2,625 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 93,020
- Highest: 1 in 93,020 girls born in 1912 were named Prudy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,971 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,625 in 1944, was only 1 in 110,602 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 35.8% of all girls named Prudy (77) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 12 | #2,634 (1912) | #3,359 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,436 (1928) | #4,023 |
| 1930s | 34 | #3,181 (1938) | #3,506 |
| 1940s | 77 | #2,625 (1944) | #3,363 |
| 1950s | 41 | #3,796 (1952) | #5,347 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,592 (1963) | #6,680 |
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.
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