first name
PRUDENCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,983 people named Prudence, 70.7% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Black and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Prudence peaked in 1943, when 140 babies got the name.
At least 6,256 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Prudence by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,092. The largest share of babies named Prudence, 19.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Prudence is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Prudence has been most common in New York (4.2×), Massachusetts (3.2×), and Pennsylvania (1.9×), and least common in Texas (0.61×).
1,798 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Prudence
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Prudence, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Prudence ranks #152,339 of 156,621, with 106 people. See Prudence as a last name
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