Prudence
Girl · PROO-dens · Latin
Prudence is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “good judgement, foresight”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,099th for girls in the US (89 babies).
What does Prudence mean?
Latin: from Prudentia; also a Puritan virtue name
“good judgement, foresight”
A medieval name revived by 17th-century Puritans as one of their virtue names.
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- PROO-dens
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Is Prudence a girl's or a boy's name?
Prudence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 89 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prudence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Prudence, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 28 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Prudence than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Prudence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Prudence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Prudence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,099among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were named Prudence, making it the 2,099th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 1943, with 140 girls.
Half of all the girls named Prudence in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prudence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,099 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,850 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,035 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,877 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 71 | #1,388 |
| 1972 | 77 | #1,313 |
| 1971 | 104 | #1,125 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,526 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,920 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,834 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,671 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,441 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,350 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,462 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1952 | 64 | #1,184 |
| 1951 | 65 | #1,159 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,152 |
| 1949 | 76 | #1,022 |
| 1948 | 86 | #935 |
| 1947 | 103 | #860 |
| 1946 | 102 | #817 |
| 1945 | 96 | #765 |
| 1944 | 110 | #718 |
| 1943 | 140 | #641 |
| 1942 | 106 | #725 |
| 1941 | 68 | #887 |
| 1940 | 65 | #887 |
| 1939 | 69 | #838 |
| 1938 | 66 | #866 |
| 1937 | 57 | #910 |
| 1936 | 51 | #961 |
| 1935 | 56 | #925 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1933 | 49 | #985 |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1928 | 51 | #1,051 |
| 1927 | 75 | #850 |
| 1926 | 66 | #921 |
| 1925 | 84 | #806 |
| 1924 | 63 | #962 |
| 1923 | 57 | #992 |
| 1922 | 58 | #978 |
| 1921 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1920 | 74 | #843 |
| 1919 | 55 | #954 |
| 1918 | 67 | #876 |
| 1917 | 74 | #800 |
| 1916 | 58 | #887 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 1913 | 40 | #830 |
| 1912 | 39 | #795 |
| 1911 | 22 | #932 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 1909 | 30 | #731 |
| 1908 | 17 | #970 |
| 1907 | 25 | #749 |
| 1906 | 22 | #776 |
| 1905 | 17 | #900 |
| 1904 | 19 | #837 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 22 | #734 |
| 1901 | 18 | #771 |
| 1900 | 28 | #676 |
| 1899 | 16 | #814 |
| 1898 | 27 | #619 |
| 1897 | 12 | #931 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 21 | #643 |
| 1893 | 22 | #614 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 15 | #695 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 20 | #558 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 17 | #403 |
Nicknames for Prudence
- Prue
- Pru
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