Prosper
Boy · French
Prosper is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Prosper mean?
French
A male given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Prosper a girl's or a boy's name?
Prosper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Prosper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Prosper, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Prosper than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Prosper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Prosper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Prosper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Prosper, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 8 girls were also named Prosper in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Prosper than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Prosper in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Prosper in the US were girls.
Prosper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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