# Prosper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prosper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 754 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 678 / 76 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 82, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 12,481 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,241 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,174 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,145 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,140 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,191 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,151 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,835 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,683 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,932 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,486 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,167 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,984 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,514 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,271 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,705 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,193 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,970 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,385 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,014 |
| 2022 | 46 | 2,820 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,047 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,701 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,493 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Prosper

- Prosper Mérimée, French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
- Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet (1674-1762)
- Prosper of Aquitaine, 5th-century Roman Christian writer
- Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (1707-1777)
- Prosper Guéranger, French Benedictine abbot (1806–1875)
- Prosper Poullet, Belgian former prime minister (1868-1937)
- Prosper Bruggeman, Belgian rower
- Victor Prosper Considerant, French utopian Socialist (1808–1893)
- Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray, French journalist and socialist (1838–1901)
- Prosper Menière, French physician (1799-1862)
- Prosper Garnot, French scientist (1794–1838)
- Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante, French historian and statesman (1782–1866)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.