Recorded 1915–2007 Boys' name Peak 1930 401 births

Prudencio — boys' name

401 babies named Prudencio in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s261920s681930s461940s531950s421960s391970s401980s561990s172000s14
1920s
Peak decade

17% of everyone ever named Prudencio was born in this single decade.

1930
Single peak year

15 babies were named Prudencio in 1930 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Prudencio

The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Prudencio between 1915 and 2007, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prudencio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prudencio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Prudencio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prudencio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prudencio 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 401 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.

Prudencio at a glance

Last recorded 2007

Total births

401

Since 1915

93 years of records

Peak year

1930

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1915

Recorded for 93 years

Last year on file: 2007

Prudencio popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1915

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (1930)
15
Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
05101520 200719861977196219511944193219221915 7

Prudencio by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
68 births that decade — 17% of Prudencio's all-time total
1910s261920s681930s461940s531950s421960s391970s401980s561990s172000s14

Prudencio by state

Where Prudencio concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Prudencio
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
79 19.7%
Texas share of Prudencio's total US births 19.7%

79 of 401 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Prudencio?
401 babies have been named Prudencio since 1915. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1930 with 15 births.
When was Prudencio most popular?
Prudencio was most popular in the 1920s decade with 68 total births. The single peak year was 1930.
Where is Prudencio most popular?
The top states for the name Prudencio are Texas (79 births).
How long has the name Prudencio been used?
Prudencio has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 93 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Prudencio?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pruitt, Prue. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1915–2007 (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.