Prudence is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1943 and has grown less common since.
Prudence is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,113 for girl births in the United States (and #3,854 across all names), given to 89 babies. Prudence first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1943 (140 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | #2,113 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | #2,602 |
| 2023 | 79 | 79 | #2,331 |
| 2022 | 99 | 99 | #1,986 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | #2,504 |
| 2020 | 84 | 84 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 109 | 109 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 96 | 96 | #2,044 |
| 2017 | 96 | 96 | #2,051 |
| 2016 | 81 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2015 | 69 | 69 | #2,613 |
| 2014 | 61 | 61 | #2,836 |
| 2013 | 78 | 78 | #2,361 |
| 2012 | 53 | 53 | #3,159 |
| 2011 | 82 | 82 | #2,292 |
| 2010 | 60 | 60 | #2,894 |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | #3,120 |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #4,335 |
| 2007 | 30 | 30 | #4,914 |
| 2006 | 31 | 31 | #4,659 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #5,395 |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | #5,706 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,820 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,358 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | #9,924 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,709 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #12,069 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,766 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #13,041 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #7,398 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,275 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,144 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #11,372 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #8,428 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,907 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #9,416 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,358 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,532 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | #5,384 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #5,943 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,872 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #5,368 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | #4,481 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #4,120 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #5,158 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | #2,780 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #3,470 |
| 1977 | 25 | — | #3,149 |
| 1976 | 47 | — | #1,929 |
| 1975 | 48 | — | #1,895 |
| 1974 | 47 | — | #1,871 |
| 1973 | 71 | — | #1,396 |
| 1972 | 77 | — | #1,322 |
| 1971 | 104 | — | #1,130 |
| 1970 | 64 | — | #1,540 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | #2,628 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,525 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #2,107 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | #1,974 |
| 1965 | 36 | — | #1,944 |
| 1964 | 36 | — | #2,000 |
| 1963 | 42 | — | #1,808 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | #1,726 |
| 1961 | 36 | — | #1,945 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | #1,849 |
| 1959 | 43 | — | #1,689 |
| 1958 | 33 | — | #1,931 |
| 1957 | 54 | — | #1,450 |
| 1956 | 59 | — | #1,360 |
| 1955 | 48 | — | #1,476 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | #1,363 |
| 1953 | 66 | — | #1,197 |
| 1952 | 64 | — | #1,192 |
| 1951 | 65 | — | #1,168 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | #1,160 |
| 1949 | 76 | — | #1,030 |
| 1948 | 86 | — | #938 |
| 1947 | 103 | — | #866 |
| 1946 | 102 | — | #823 |
| 1945 | 96 | — | #766 |
| 1944 | 110 | — | #724 |
| 1943 | 140 | — | #644 |
| 1942 | 106 | — | #731 |
| 1941 | 68 | — | #891 |
| 1940 | 65 | — | #892 |
| 1939 | 69 | — | #847 |
| 1938 | 66 | — | #868 |
| 1937 | 57 | — | #918 |
| 1936 | 51 | — | #967 |
| 1935 | 56 | — | #933 |
| 1934 | 46 | — | #1,032 |
| 1933 | 49 | — | #995 |
| 1932 | 49 | — | #1,012 |
| 1931 | 46 | — | #1,039 |
| 1930 | 58 | — | #969 |
| 1929 | 51 | — | #1,027 |
| 1928 | 51 | — | #1,059 |
| 1927 | 75 | — | #855 |
| 1926 | 66 | — | #923 |
| 1925 | 84 | — | #815 |
| 1924 | 63 | — | #969 |
| 1923 | 57 | — | #1,004 |
| 1922 | 58 | — | #986 |
| 1921 | 55 | — | #1,016 |
| 1920 | 74 | — | #844 |
| 1919 | 55 | — | #964 |
| 1918 | 67 | — | #878 |
| 1917 | 74 | — | #805 |
| 1916 | 58 | — | #891 |
| 1915 | 42 | — | #1,037 |
| 1914 | 29 | — | #1,142 |
| 1913 | 40 | — | #837 |
| 1912 | 39 | — | #803 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | #951 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | #1,057 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #744 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | #999 |
| 1907 | 25 | — | #758 |
| 1906 | 22 | — | #789 |
| 1905 | 17 | — | #918 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | #849 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | #806 |
| 1902 | 22 | — | #750 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | #792 |
| 1900 | 28 | — | #685 |
| 1899 | 16 | — | #827 |
| 1898 | 27 | — | #629 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | #970 |
| 1896 | 17 | — | #809 |
| 1895 | 14 | — | #887 |
| 1894 | 21 | — | #658 |
| 1893 | 22 | — | #625 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | #753 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | #723 |
| 1890 | 19 | — | #614 |
| 1889 | 17 | — | #636 |
| 1888 | 20 | — | #567 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #783 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | #525 |
| 1885 | 14 | — | #604 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #840 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | #607 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #796 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #617 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | #415 |