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How popular is the name Prudence?
Births per year, rank history and how many Prudences are alive today.
Prudence (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 28 babies were given the name, the 1204th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.
The Prudence you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Prudences born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 370 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Prudence - on average, only one in every 852 such rooms contains a Prudence.
How many babies are named Prudence each year?
Where does Prudence rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Prudence most popular?
Prudence peaked in 2014, when 28 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Prudence?
At least 370 people named Prudence born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Prudence?
Most living Prudences are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 11.
Is Prudence becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.