Girls' name · since 1973
Prairie
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 501 babies named Prairie, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,299 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 501
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Prairie currently ranks #4299 among girls' names in America, with 501 babies recorded since 1973.
Prairie has 501 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4299 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #11,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,299 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 501 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prairie ranks #11,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,299 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 501 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,299 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 501
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Prairie's 501 recorded births place it above 83.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Prairie compares
501 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Prairie's all-time total is 33% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Prairie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 501 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Prairie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prairie's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prairie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Prairie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (171 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Prairie's strongest decade.
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Prairie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 59
1970s
59 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s
2020s
171 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 171 births (34% of all-time use).
How Prairie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Prairie's total volume
Prairie by state
Where Prairie concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
6 of 501 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Prairie's data
- California records the most Prairies (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Prairie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Prairie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.