Prosper
Prosper was the 3493rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 976th; the most babies were born in 2024 (49). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,021 places. More babies were named Prosper in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,493 boys, up 892 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 33boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202449 babies
- Total since 1880
- 754babies recorded
Prosper popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,683 | #3,493 | 8 | 33 |
| 2020 | #13,145 | #4,385 | 7 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #8,619 | — | 9 |
| 2000 | — | #8,010 | — | 8 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | #3,907 | — | 6 |
| 1920 | — | #3,426 | — | 8 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Prosper, counting every spelling?
Prosper has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Prosper?
33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Prosper (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Prosper born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Prosper.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Prosper?
About 500 people born in the US named Prosper are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Prosper a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Prosper by state
How common Prosper was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Prosper
How popular is the name Prosper?
Prosper was the 3493rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 976th; the most babies were born in 2024 (49). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,021 places. More babies were named Prosper in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Prosper a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Prosper in the US.
Where is Prosper most popular?
In 2021–2025, Prosper was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Georgia.