Boys' name · since 2013
Prometheus
101 babies named Prometheus in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,772 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
101 babies have been named Prometheus since 2013, making it today's #8772 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Prometheus recorded 101 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #8772 nationally today, ahead of 37% 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 2013 to 2025.
- #17,378 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,772 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prometheus ranks #17,378 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,772 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 101 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,772 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Prometheus's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Prometheus compares
101 26th 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
Prometheus's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Prometheus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Prometheus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prometheus's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prometheus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Prometheus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (55 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Prometheus's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Prometheus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 55 births (54% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Prometheus 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.