Prairie Popularity by Year
Follow Prairie across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Prairie birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 33 | #4,265 | Down 58 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 34 | #4,207 | Up 1,342 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 22 | #5,549 | Down 967 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 30 | #4,582 | Down 169 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 31 | #4,413 | Up 1,254 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 21 | #5,667 | Up 319 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 20 | #5,986 | Down 367 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 22 | #5,619 | Down 281 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 24 | #5,338 | Up 1,563 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 17 | #6,901 | Up 7,581 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Down 4,965 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 11 | #9,517 | Down 1,382 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 14 | #8,135 | Up 4,141 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 8 | #12,276 | Up 1,556 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 1,156 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 8 | #12,676 | Down 4,439 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 14 | #8,237 | Up 3,597 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 8 | #11,834 | Down 1,144 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 9 | #10,690 | Down 265 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 9 | #10,425 | Up 3,170 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 6 | #13,595 | Up 1,757 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 5 | #15,352 | Down 3,551 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 7 | #11,801 | Up 887 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 1,852 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 7 | #10,836 | Up 2,682 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 5 | #13,518 | Down 3,965 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 8 | #9,553 | Up 2,185 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 6 | #11,738 | Down 1,352 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 6 | #10,386 | Down 561 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Down 1,778 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 7 | #8,047 | Down 578 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 8 | #7,469 | Up 2,942 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 4,867 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 12 | #5,544 | Up 2,517 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 7 | #8,061 | Down 1,676 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 9 | #6,385 | Down 3,019 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 22 | #3,366 | Up 1,849 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 11 | #5,215 | Up 3,852 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | Down 644 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 5 | #8,423 | — |