Providence
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PRAH-vuh-dens
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Providence is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “divine care and guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Providence mean?
English: English word, from Latin providentia 'foresight'
“divine care and guidance”
Also the capital of Rhode Island, named by Roger Williams in 1636 for God's providence.
Is Providence a girl's or a boy's name?
Providence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Providence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Providence, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1924, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
Half of all the girls named Providence in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Providence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
Names like Providence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eloise, Josephine, Olive, Adeline, Violet, Grace, Clementine, Genevieve, June, Evelyn, Beatrice, Lucille
More English names
Lily, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Providence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/providence, updated 20 October 2026.