Prairie
#11,038 most common girls' name of all time · #18,319 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among girls
#11,038
Rank overall
#18,319 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
501
Since 2016
254
Peak year
2024 #4,236
Best rank
#3,477 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 34/yr
Prairie first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,300 |
| 2024 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,236 |
| 2023 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,614 |
| 2022 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,605 |
| 2021 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,448 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,738 |
| 2019 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,044 |
| 2018 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,672 |
| 2017 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,407 |
| 2016 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,019 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,900 |
| 2014 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,686 |
| 2013 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,274 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,579 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,226 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #13,002 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,400 |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,159 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,994 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,718 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,076 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,019 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,224 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,234 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,255 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,282 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,923 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,345 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,073 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,598 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,661 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,983 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,415 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,849 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,727 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,852 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,477 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,132 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,676 |