Prudencia — girls' name
43 babies named Prudencia in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Prudencia was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Prudencia in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prudencia
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Prudencia between 1908 and 1941, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prudencia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prudencia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Prudencia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prudencia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prudencia 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 43 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.
Prudencia at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Prudencia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1908
- Peak year (1927)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
43 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 9 births in a single year.
Prudencia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 17 births that decade — 40% of Prudencia's all-time total
Prudencia decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Prudencia's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Prudencia by state
Where Prudencia concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 14.0% |
6 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 14.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 14.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1908–1941 (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.