Unisex name · since 1919
Pruitt
Pruitt has 140 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,750 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
140 babies have been named Pruitt since 1919, making it today's #7750 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Pruitt recorded 140 times among boys since 1919, holding rank #7750 nationally today, ahead of 44% 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 1919 to 2025.
- #15,230 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,750 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 140 born since 1919
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pruitt ranks #15,230 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,750 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 140 born since 1919, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,750 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pruitt's 140 recorded births place it above 66.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Pruitt compares
140 31st 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
Pruitt's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pruitt | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 140 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pruitt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pruitt's full recorded timeline at 2016, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pruitt popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Pruitt popularity over time - girls
62 total births recorded since 2021 (Pruitt as girls' name)
Pruitt by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Pruitt's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Pruitt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pruitt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Pruitt 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.