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Pruitt

OriginEnglish
Meaning"brave one"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Pruitt as a girl's name

About Pruitt

Variation of Prewitt

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
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Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Pruitts

  • Pruitt Taylor Vince

    American actor

Pruitt in pop culture

  • Pruitt

    character from TV series "Soul Food"

  • Lucas Pruitt

    character from HBO's "The Newsroom"

  • Jordan Pruitt

    American singer

Pruitt in blog posts

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