Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Prosper*

#5,690 most common boys' name of all time · #14,179 across all names · 90% boys / 10% girls · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,690
Rank overall
#14,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
754
Since 2016
400
Peak year
2024 #2,678
Best rank
#983 1881
📖The word “prosper” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Prosper first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 33 41 #3,456
2024 12 49 61 #2,678
2023 10 41 51 #3,008
2022 5 46 51 #2,795
2021 10 41 51 #2,973
2020 7 23 30 #4,282
2019 8 27 35 #3,907
2018 8 25 33 #4,101
2017 8 21 29 #4,599
2016 — 18 18 #5,132
2015 — 22 22 #4,414
2014 — 10 10 #7,575
2013 — 14 14 #5,934
2012 — 7 7 #9,732
2011 — 10 10 #7,521
2010 — 9 9 #8,162
2009 — 9 9 #8,320
2008 — 12 12 #6,779
2007 — 8 8 #8,937
2006 — 5 5 #12,097
2004 — 7 7 #8,957
2002 — 6 6 #9,417
2001 — 6 6 #9,284
2000 — 8 8 #7,444
1998 — 7 7 #7,600
1947 — 5 5 #3,770
1945 — 5 5 #3,391
1937 — 6 6 #3,220
1936 — 5 5 #3,604
1934 — 6 6 #3,324
1932 — 6 6 #3,403
1931 — 9 9 #2,688
1930 — 6 6 #3,640
1929 — 8 8 #3,021
1928 — 6 6 #3,740
1926 — 9 9 #2,930
1925 — 9 9 #2,974
1924 — 9 9 #3,042
1923 — 13 13 #2,345
1921 — 12 12 #2,520
1920 — 8 8 #3,233
1919 — 6 6 #3,762
1918 — 16 16 #2,016
1917 — 14 14 #2,112
1916 — 14 14 #2,061
1915 — 10 10 #2,479
1914 — 7 7 #2,678
1913 — 5 5 #2,864
1902 — 5 5 #1,213
1894 — 5 5 #1,148
1884 — 5 5 #1,047
1881 — 5 5 #983