How Many People Are Named Prayer?
An estimated 109 people in the United States have the first name Prayer. It is used for both genders, with 87.3% female. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Prayer peaked in popularity in 2024 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Prayer as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Prayer paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
109
About 1 in 3,144,535 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
87.3% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2024
21 births
Total Registered
110
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Prayer
Prayer is predominantly female (87.3%), though 14 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Prayer as a male name
Ranked #9,632 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (8 births)
Prayer as a female name
Ranked #8,286 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (13 births)
Prayer: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Prayer span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 55 babies were registered. Prayer remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Prayer by Decade
How has Prayer tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Prayer + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Prayer as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Prayer
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Prayer: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Prayer?
We estimate approximately 109 people named Prayer are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,144,535 Americans share this first name.
Is Prayer a common name?
Prayer is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 65.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 110 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Prayer most popular?
Prayer reached peak popularity in 2024, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Prayer is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Prayer a female name?
Prayer is predominantly female. 87.3% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Prayer Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Prayer Smith, Prayer Johnson, Prayer Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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