Prairie
Girl · PRAIR-ee · English
Prairie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “meadow, grassland”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Prairie mean?
English: English word, from French prairie
“meadow, grassland”
The word came into English from French prairie 'meadow', ultimately from Latin pratum.
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Is Prairie a girl's or a boy's name?
Prairie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prairie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Prairie, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Prairie in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prairie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
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