Prather — boys' name
65 babies named Prather in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Prather was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Prather in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prather
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Prather between 1916 and 1959, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prather currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prather performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Prather shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prather 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 65 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.
Prather at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Prather popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1916
- Peak year (1921)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
65 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 12 births in a single year.
Prather by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 33 births that decade — 51% of Prather's all-time total
Prather decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Prather's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.