Phronsie

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Phronsie has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1940. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1941, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Phronsie, 1945

1 in 442,000

Phronsie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Phronsie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Phronsie means

Phronsie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Phronsie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Phronsie between 1940 and 1945. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1941; its best national rank was #3,492 in 1941.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Phronsie?

Phronsie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1945, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1945: 1 in 442,000; 6 of 2,652,840 births
Among girls only: 1 in 218,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1945: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 306,469 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Phronsie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1945 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 306,469 children born in 1945 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Phronsie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Phronsies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Phronsie was born before 1941 — so the typical Phronsie is around 84 today.

Median birth year: 1941; About 84 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Phronsie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1941 (8)
Years since peak: 84; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,492; 1941

Phronsie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,492; 1941
Peak year: 1941; 8 that year
First recorded: 1940
Last recorded: 1945
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Phronsie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Phronsie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nedra Toby Annetta Jerilyn Carolynn Georgianna Judie Carroll

For a brother

Errol Jerold Gail Sherwood Jerald Rayford Ned Mack

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