Pryor*
#6,956 most common boys' name of all time · #17,486 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,956
Rank overall
#17,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
540
Since 2016
286
Peak year
2019 #2,814
Best rank
#984 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 51/yr
Pryor 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,406 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,480 |
| 2022 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #4,707 |
| 2021 | 9 | 24 | 33 | #4,253 |
| 2020 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,283 |
| 2019 | 7 | 44 | 51 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #3,109 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,537 |
| 2016 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,062 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,067 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,006 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,134 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,800 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,586 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,717 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,714 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,718 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,411 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,610 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,183 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,987 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,620 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,154 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,043 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,050 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,037 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,902 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,593 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,816 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,931 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,431 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,549 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,355 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,241 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,848 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,144 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,128 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,427 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,297 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,316 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #984 |