The name Prudence is of English origin, and means prudence.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Prudence has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Prudence
Use of the Name Prudence for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,584
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Prudence has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Prudence last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1948, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Prudence
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
416
17
1881
617
9
1882
796
7
1883
607
11
1884
840
8
1885
604
14
1886
525
19
1887
785
10
1888
567
20
1889
636
17
1890
614
19
1891
723
15
1892
753
16
1893
625
22
1894
658
21
1895
887
14
1896
810
17
1897
970
12
1898
629
27
1899
827
16
1900
685
28
1901
792
18
1902
750
22
1903
807
19
1904
849
19
1905
918
17
1906
789
22
1907
757
25
1908
998
17
1909
743
30
1910
1911
950
22
1912
817
38
1913
836
40
1914
1915
1916
891
58
1917
809
73
1918
872
68
1919
979
54
1920
840
75
1921
1922
976
59
1923
1924
970
63
1925
812
84
1926
925
66
1927
857
75
1928
1929
1930
969
58
1931
1932
1933
996
49
1934
1935
933
56
1936
970
51
1937
915
57
1938
869
66
1939
847
69
1940
889
65
1941
895
68
1942
730
106
1943
641
140
1944
721
110
1945
767
96
1946
827
101
1947
866
103
1948
938
86
Totals:
2,584
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Prudence as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Prudence appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 59 times during the last 125 years.