Prophet
Boy · PROF-it · English
Prophet is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who speaks for God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Prophet mean?
English: English word, from Greek prophetes via Latin
“one who speaks for God”
From the English word for an inspired messenger of God, from Greek prophetes 'one who speaks for another'.
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Is Prophet a girl's or a boy's name?
Prophet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prophet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Prophet, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Prophet in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prophet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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