Pryor
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- PRY-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Pryor is a name of English origin, meaning “prior, head of a priory”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Pryor mean?
English: English surname
“prior, head of a priory”
From an English surname for a prior or his servant; comedian Richard Pryor is a famous bearer.
Is Pryor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Pryor has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Pryor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Pryor, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Pryor in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 30% of the babies named Pryor in the US were girls.
Pryor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Pryor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Porter, Archer, Miller, Walker, Wilder, Major, Fletcher, Baker, Palmer, Parker, Ledger, Lawson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Pryor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pryor, updated 20 October 2026.