Promyse vs Providence
American parents have registered 724 Providences since 1880, against 628 Promyses. But in 2025 it was Promyse that was commoner, 44 babies to 8.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Promyse Providence
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 74 years in which either name was published, Providence for 50 years and Promyse for 24 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.
- 1905–1966 Providence ahead
- 1996–2001 Promyse ahead
- 2002–2003 Providence ahead
- 2004 Promyse ahead
- 2005 Providence ahead
- 2006–2025 Promyse ahead
Side by side
| Promyse | Providence | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 628 | 724 |
| Most in one year | 58 | 29 |
| Babies in 2025 | 44 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 620 | 310 |
| Median age today | 6 | 16 |
| Peak year | 2021 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 2,892nd girls | 1,566th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,459th | 10,917th |
| First recorded | 1996 | 1905 |
| Girls / boys | 628 / 0 | 724 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Providences alive today are over 16; half the Promyses are over 6. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Promyse Georgia (10.3×), Florida (6.8×)
- Providence New York (12.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Promyse and Providence.