Prue

Popularity Trends

The name Prue is the #7,665 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 74 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,648 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 68 births since 1927. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1925.

Prue first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for boys and 1927 for girls). Birth data for Prue is available in 8 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023 (7 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.

The name Prue has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.9% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1930, the name was more popular for boys (54.5% boys from 1925 to 1929), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1930 to 2023).

For girls, Prue reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #945) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Prue ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 74.0% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Prue reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #545) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1925.

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

1925 2023 19252023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

1927

Peak Percentile

1.4%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#945

Current Rank

#939

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1925

First Recorded

1925

Peak Percentile

0.2%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#545

Current Rank

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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 "Prue", 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 Prue.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Prue's popularity from 1975 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 Prue 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 Prue range from Campion at 89.8% correlation to Brida at 88.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Miran with 322 births (95% boys) and the least popular is Jailoni with 32 births (100% girls).

Prue's share of births peaked at 10 births per million in 2022 (10 for girls in 2022 and 5.2 for boys in 1925). It reached its lowest point of 3.1 births per million (31% of peak) in 2014. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Prue had 7.4 births per million, 74% of its peak popularity.

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

89.76% (very strong)

89.71% (very strong)

89.59% (very strong)

322

89.50% (very strong)

Jailoni

89.44% (very strong)

Sylvee

89.38% (very strong)

Jhream

136

89.29% (very strong)

89.16% (very strong)

88.98% (very strong)

88.89% (very strong)

88.82% (very strong)

88.70% (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 Prue

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Prue. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Prue is pronounced as prue, which has 1 syllables.

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prue (1 syllable)

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P R UW1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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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.

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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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