Fun Facts About the Name Prosper
- 754 babies named Prosper: U.S. records list 754 babies given the name Prosper from 1880 through 2025. Even 76 girls received the name Prosper - about 1 girl for every 9 boys.
What Does the Name Prosper Mean?
Prosper is a masculine given name derived from the Latin adjective prosper (also prosperus), meaning "fortunate," "successful," or "prosperous." The English name comes from that Latin source, not from the English common noun prosper, although the noun shares the same origin. The Latin adjective is often connected with pro- "for, forward" and spes "hope," yielding a sense like "according to hope" or "as hoped for"; the exact formation of prosperus is not fully certain. Related forms in other languages include Italian and Spanish Prospero/Próspero and French Prosper.
Prosper Name History & Origins
The Latin name Prosper is recorded in late antiquity. Its best-known early bearer is Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390 - c. 455), a Christian theologian and chronicler who defended Augustine's teaching on grace and wrote a continuation of Jerome's chronicle. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, and the name is associated with him in Christian tradition.
From Latin, the name passed into several European languages. In French it became Prosper, borne for example by the nineteenth-century writer Prosper Mérimée. In Italian and Spanish, the usual form is Prospero or Próspero. Shakespeare's Prospero in The Tempest (early seventeenth century) is a famous literary use of the Italian form; it is not the earliest occurrence of the name and did not create the name. In English, the form is Prosper.
How Popular is the Name Prosper?
Prosper recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2024. Its best rank was #976 in 1881.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,683 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,809 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #10,134 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #17,180 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,135 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #13,133 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,171 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #12,240 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #12,475 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,493 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #2,692 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #3,043 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2022 | #2,817 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #3,013 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #4,383 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #3,969 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #4,191 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,705 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #5,269 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #4,512 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #7,983 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #6,166 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #10,484 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #7,930 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #8,619 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #8,825 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,087 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #9,540 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #13,515 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #9,685 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #10,338 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,224 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #8,009 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #8,232 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #4,144 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,668 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1937 | #3,446 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #3,948 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,587 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #3,686 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #2,830 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1930 | #3,907 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,186 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #4,044 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #3,087 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #3,095 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1924 | #3,202 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #2,417 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,601 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #3,426 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #4,062 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #2,055 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1917 | #2,168 | 14 | 0.0015% |
| 1916 | #2,124 | 14 | 0.0016% |
| 1915 | #2,580 | 10 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,848 | 7 | 0.0011% |
| 1913 | #3,162 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1902 | #1,275 | 5 | 0.0041% |
| 1894 | #1,204 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1884 | #1,088 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1881 | #976 | 5 | 0.0050% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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