Boys' name · since 2008
Prodigy
124 babies named Prodigy in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,027 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Prodigy currently ranks #8083 among boys' names in America, with 124 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Prodigy recorded 124 times among boys since 2008, holding rank #8083 nationally today, ahead of 42% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #16,027 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,083 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prodigy ranks #16,027 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,083 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,027 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Prodigy's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Prodigy compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Prodigy's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Prodigy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Prodigy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prodigy's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prodigy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Prodigy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Prodigy's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Prodigy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Prodigy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Prodigy 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.