Prayer is a very rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2024 and remains in steady use.
Prayer is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,943 among girls (10) and #11,669 among boys (6) — overall #12,197 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
Girls named Prayer per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 2000–2025 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2025) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Prayer · 6 in 2025
Boys named Prayer per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 2000–2025 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2025) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here