Prudencia
Prudencia is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Prudencia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Prudencia is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Prudencia
American parents first put Prudencia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1908, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1927, when 9 Prudencias were born — ranking #3,285 that year. About 40% of every Prudencia on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Prudencia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1941, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 43 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Prudencia
Phonetically similar names — useful when Prudencia is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Prudential
- Prudency
- Presencia
- Potencia
- Prudent
- Prudence
- Pruden
- Prudencio
- Pretentious
- Pretension
- Pretention
- Potentia
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Prudencia
Prudencia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 43 births in the dataset. Prudencia's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #3,285. Use the chart and map above to compare Prudencia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.