Prophet — #4717 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Prophet

The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Prophet between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prophet currently holds the #4717 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prophet performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Prophet shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prophet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prophet 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 310 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.