Pruitt
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- PROO-it
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Pruitt is a name of English origin, meaning “little brave one”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Pruitt mean?
English: English surname from Old French prou 'brave'
“little brave one”
An English surname from Old French prou, 'brave, valiant', with the diminutive ending -et.
Is Pruitt a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Pruitt has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Pruitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Pruitt, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2021. 10 boys were also named Pruitt in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Pruitt in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pruitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
Names like Pruitt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Palmer Daisy Pearl Olive Marigold Goldie Lucy Lola Mabel Cora Nora Evie
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Pruitt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pruitt, updated 20 October 2026.