Prudence
Prudence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 68 births. Its best rank was 415th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 680.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1943140 births
- Best rank
- #415in 1880
- Since 1880
- 6,165people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,165 girls have been named Prudence in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 140 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1940s alone account for 15%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Prudence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | |
| 1890s | 179 | |
| 1900s | 217 | |
| 1910s | 444 | |
| 1920s | 634 | |
| 1930s | 547 | |
| 1940s | 952 | |
| 1950s | 551 | |
| 1960s | 350 | |
| 1970s | 537 | |
| 1980s | 118 | |
| 1990s | 70 | |
| 2000s | 250 | |
| 2010s | 784 | |
| 2020s | 400 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Prudence was the 644th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Prudence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgianapeak 1918
- Georgiapeak 1947
- Georgiannapeak 1942
- Nellapeak 1927
- Myrapeak 1958
- Lenorapeak 1924
- Nolapeak 2020
- Flaviapeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.