Prudence is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3834 for girl births in the United States, given to 89 babies. Prudence first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1943 (140 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #3,834 |
| 2024 | 68 | #4,594 |
| 2023 | 79 | #4,162 |
| 2022 | 99 | #3,605 |
| 2021 | 71 | #4,404 |
| 2020 | 84 | #3,869 |
| 2019 | 109 | #3,343 |
| 2018 | 96 | #3,626 |
| 2017 | 96 | #3,615 |
| 2016 | 81 | #4,090 |
| 2015 | 69 | #4,529 |
| 2014 | 61 | #4,905 |
| 2013 | 78 | #4,098 |
| 2012 | 53 | #5,423 |
| 2011 | 82 | #3,971 |
| 2010 | 60 | #4,955 |
| 2009 | 55 | #5,342 |
| 2008 | 36 | #7,245 |
| 2007 | 30 | #8,097 |
| 2006 | 31 | #7,763 |
| 2005 | 24 | #8,784 |
| 2004 | 22 | #9,159 |
| 2003 | 17 | #10,747 |
| 2002 | 15 | #11,495 |
| 2001 | 10 | #14,950 |
| 2000 | 10 | #14,648 |
| 1998 | 7 | #17,402 |
| 1997 | 7 | #16,882 |
| 1996 | 6 | #18,330 |
| 1995 | 12 | #11,223 |
| 1994 | 8 | #14,872 |
| 1993 | 5 | #20,319 |
| 1992 | 7 | #15,910 |
| 1991 | 10 | #12,338 |
| 1990 | 8 | #14,056 |
| 1989 | 8 | #13,261 |
| 1988 | 6 | #15,425 |
| 1987 | 8 | #12,010 |
| 1986 | 14 | #7,967 |
| 1985 | 12 | #8,689 |
| 1984 | 7 | #12,081 |
| 1983 | 13 | #7,872 |
| 1982 | 17 | #6,690 |
| 1981 | 19 | #6,208 |
| 1980 | 14 | #7,603 |
| 1979 | 32 | #4,301 |
| 1978 | 22 | #5,268 |
| 1977 | 25 | #4,802 |
| 1976 | 47 | #3,084 |
| 1975 | 48 | #2,986 |
| 1974 | 47 | #2,931 |
| 1973 | 71 | #2,254 |
| 1972 | 77 | #2,148 |
| 1971 | 104 | #1,855 |
| 1970 | 64 | #2,451 |
| 1969 | 26 | #3,965 |
| 1968 | 25 | #3,834 |
| 1967 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1966 | 35 | #3,079 |
| 1965 | 36 | #3,046 |
| 1964 | 36 | #3,134 |
| 1963 | 42 | #2,848 |
| 1962 | 44 | #2,751 |
| 1961 | 36 | #3,096 |
| 1960 | 38 | #2,970 |
| 1959 | 43 | #2,731 |
| 1958 | 33 | #3,097 |
| 1957 | 54 | #2,366 |
| 1956 | 59 | #2,229 |
| 1955 | 48 | #2,447 |
| 1954 | 55 | #2,261 |
| 1953 | 66 | #2,003 |
| 1952 | 64 | #1,990 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,958 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,946 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,760 |
| 1948 | 86 | #1,609 |
| 1947 | 103 | #1,497 |
| 1946 | 102 | #1,402 |
| 1945 | 96 | #1,339 |
| 1944 | 110 | #1,260 |
| 1943 | 140 | #1,138 |
| 1942 | 106 | #1,296 |
| 1941 | 68 | #1,579 |
| 1940 | 65 | #1,601 |
| 1939 | 69 | #1,505 |
| 1938 | 66 | #1,565 |
| 1937 | 57 | #1,664 |
| 1936 | 51 | #1,751 |
| 1935 | 56 | #1,685 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,871 |
| 1933 | 49 | #1,796 |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,847 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,910 |
| 1930 | 58 | #1,746 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,864 |
| 1928 | 51 | #1,910 |
| 1927 | 75 | #1,545 |
| 1926 | 66 | #1,660 |
| 1925 | 84 | #1,469 |
| 1924 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1923 | 57 | #1,838 |
| 1922 | 58 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1920 | 74 | #1,580 |
| 1919 | 55 | #1,789 |
| 1918 | 67 | #1,634 |
| 1917 | 74 | #1,483 |
| 1916 | 58 | #1,663 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,938 |
| 1914 | 29 | #2,097 |
| 1913 | 40 | #1,543 |
| 1912 | 39 | #1,452 |
| 1911 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,678 |
| 1909 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 1908 | 17 | #1,560 |
| 1907 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 1906 | 22 | #1,222 |
| 1905 | 17 | #1,434 |
| 1904 | 19 | #1,301 |
| 1903 | 19 | #1,258 |
| 1902 | 22 | #1,152 |
| 1901 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1900 | 28 | #1,088 |
| 1899 | 16 | #1,270 |
| 1898 | 27 | #982 |
| 1897 | 12 | #1,500 |
| 1896 | 17 | #1,270 |
| 1895 | 14 | #1,378 |
| 1894 | 21 | #1,042 |
| 1893 | 22 | #983 |
| 1892 | 16 | #1,203 |
| 1891 | 15 | #1,137 |
| 1890 | 19 | #1,002 |
| 1889 | 17 | #1,050 |
| 1888 | 20 | #956 |
| 1887 | 10 | #1,278 |
| 1886 | 19 | #892 |
| 1885 | 14 | #1,056 |
| 1884 | 8 | #1,442 |
| 1883 | 11 | #1,106 |
| 1882 | 7 | #1,434 |
| 1881 | 9 | #1,146 |
| 1880 | 17 | #834 |