Meaning and history
Prudence is the medieval English form of Prudentia, the feminine form of Prudentius. In France, it is used as both a feminine name and a rare masculine name. In England, it was used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 17th century by the Puritans, partly influenced by the English word prudence, which comes from the same source.
20062006: 31 births, rank #4,576
2007: 30 births, rank #4,808
2008: 36 births, rank #4,268
2009: 55 births, rank #3,088
2010: 60 births, rank #2,870
20112011: 82 births, rank #2,274
2012: 53 births, rank #3,134
2013: 78 births, rank #2,344
2014: 61 births, rank #2,809
2015: 69 births, rank #2,590
20162016: 81 births, rank #2,321
2017: 96 births, rank #2,035
2018: 96 births, rank #2,026
2019: 109 births, rank #1,850
2020: 84 births, rank #2,156
20212021: 71 births, rank #2,484
2022: 99 births, rank #1,974
2023: 79 births, rank #2,314
2024: 68 births, rank #2,585
20252025: 89 births, rank #2,099
Prudence moved from #866 to #938 for girls between 1947 and 1948. Its highest annual birth count came in 1943, with 140 births.