Prudence

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Prudence: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Prudence: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,204 in 2014, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1204highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#2436
2004	#2530
2005	#2084
2006	#1983
2007	#2085
2008	#2022
2009	#2535
2010	#1472
2011	#1729
2012	#2095
2013	#2887
2014	#1204
2015	#1549
2016	#1834
2017	#1733
2018	#1977
2019	#1439
2020	#1939
2021	#1866
2022	#1948
2023	#1959
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1204 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Prudence by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Prudence in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	82	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	173	10 of 10	17
2020s	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Prudence appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1204 in England and Wales in 2014.

Prudence's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,204, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 201425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Akif · #1202, 27y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cressida · #1204, 29y
Aeron · #1202, 28y
Akif · #1202, 27y
Berkay · #1202, 26y

Prudence and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Prudence without appearing here.

Prudence moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2535 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1472 and #5707.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #5591.
Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1204 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Prudence

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Ida Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #2165.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1836.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Prudence

Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Prudence went from #2683 to #1549 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Prudence went from #1472 to #3015 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Prudence went from #1549 to #3015 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1204 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Prudence

Prudence at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Prudence by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Prudence appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Prudence and the names beside it

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Prudence at a glance

Prudence by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Prudence appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Prudence and the names beside it

Prudence moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Prudence

Moved the opposite way to Prudence