girls:
32 births since 2021
#5684 (1st percentile)
boys:
118 births since 1919
#4468 (3rd percentile)
overall:
150 births since 1919
#7589 (2nd percentile)
The name Pruitt is the #7,589 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 150 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,468 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 118 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,684 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 32 births since 2021.
Pruitt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2021 for girls). Birth data for Pruitt is available in 17 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (17 years for boys and 3 years for girls). 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 Pruitt has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.9% of babies named Pruitt were boys.
For boys, Pruitt reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Pruitt is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #902 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
For girls, Pruitt reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #929) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Pruitt ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pruitt".
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