Prodigy
Boy · PRAH-dih-jee · English
Prodigy is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “exceptionally gifted young person”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Prodigy mean?
English: English word, from Latin prodigium 'omen, wonder'
“exceptionally gifted young person”
The word first meant an omen or marvel before coming to mean a gifted child.
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- PRAH-dih-jee
Is Prodigy a girl's or a boy's name?
Prodigy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prodigy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Prodigy, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had fewer boys named Prodigy than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Prodigy in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prodigy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
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