Prairie — #4396 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Prairie

The Social Security Administration has registered 465 babies named Prairie between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prairie currently holds the #4396 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prairie performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Prairie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Prairie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prairie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 465 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.