Prophet

Popularity Trends

The name Prophet is the #7,451 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 288 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,298 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 288 births since 1918.

Prophet first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for boys in 1918). Birth data for Prophet is available in 27 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Prophet reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #899) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Prophet ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 91.3% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Prophet".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

288

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

1918

Peak Percentile

2.0%

Current Percentile

1.6%

Peak Rank

#899

Current Rank

#896

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Prophet", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Prophet.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Prophet's popularity from 1915 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Prophet at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Prophet range from Rahmir at 94.4% correlation to Aries at 93.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 93.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Nasir with 16.6K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Alizeh with 257 births (100% girls).

Prophet's share of births peaked at 12 births per million for boys in 2019. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (20% of peak) in 2009. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Prophet had 10.9 births per million, 91% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Rahmir

667

94.43% (very strong)

Meadow

10.3k

94.28% (very strong)

Hania

807

93.95% (very strong)

Alizeh

257

93.74% (very strong)

Eros

1,764

93.66% (very strong)

Osiris

4,002

93.55% (very strong)

Zaire

9,616

93.44% (very strong)

Nasir

16.6k

93.38% (very strong)

Ayah

4,231

93.31% (very strong)

Alias

1,006

93.25% (very strong)

Zaid

6,640

93.24% (very strong)

Aries

6,157

93.23% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Prophet

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Prophet. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 54.8% confident that Prophet is pronounced as PRAH-fuht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PRAH-fiht, at 38.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

PRAH-fuht

54.8%

PRAH-fiht

38.1%

PRAH-feht

7.1%

PRAH-fuht (2 syllables)

Verified

54.8% confidence

P R AA1 F AH0 T

PRAH-fiht (2 syllables)

38.1% confidence

P R AA1 F IH0 T

PRAH-feht (2 syllables)

7.1% confidence

P R AA1 F EH0 T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P R AA1 F AH0 T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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