Girls' name · since 1912
Prudy
Prudy has 215 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1912
- 1940s
- peak decade
Prudy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 215 have been recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Prudy recorded 215 times among girls since 1912, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1964.
- #19,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 215 born since 1912
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prudy ranks #19,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 215 born since 1912, peaking in the 1940s.
- #19,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1912
- 1940s
- peak decade
Prudy's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prudy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Prudy splits its recorded history at 1942: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1941 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Prudy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1964
- Peak year (1947)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Prudy by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (77 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Prudy's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Prudy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
41 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
77 births
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 77 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Prudy's decade-level peak was the 1940s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Prudy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1912–1964 (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 Prudy 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.