Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Prudence

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Prudence
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1943

Peak rank proxy

140

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19432024

Peak year

1943

Decline from peak

51.4%

2024

All-time

6,165

Prudence has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1943, when 140 girls were named Prudence.

In 2024, only 68 girls were given the name.

Down 51.4% from its peak.

All told, about 6,165 Americans have been named Prudence and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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