Prentice
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1939 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,929since 1884
Prentice over time
Rank among boys' names. Prentice has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,421 | 19 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | — | #1,768 | 39 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,709 | 39 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,309 | 50 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,198 | 54 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,160 | 53 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,351 | 40 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | — | #1,103 | 55 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,258 | 36 |
| 1967 | — | #1,018 | 51 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,101 | 49 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,063 | 51 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,045 | 52 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,138 | 43 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,517 | 25 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,040 | 47 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #878 | 56 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,038 | 40 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,074 | 36 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,211 | 35 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | — | #1,012 | 46 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,177 | 37 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,018 | 47 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,063 | 41 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #972 | 43 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,173 | 19 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Prentice! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Prentice
- 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 6,150 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 581 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1917 (#972 → #1,528)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1939 at #784 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1939–1941
- Highest: 1 in 14,795 boys born in 1906 were named Prentice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #784 in 1939, was only 1 in 18,448 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 11.4% of all boys named Prentice (448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #819 (1887) | #834 |
| 1890s | 11 | #928 (1899) | #993 |
| 1900s | 51 | #852 (1906) | #1,104 |
| 1910s | 267 | #859 (1910) | #1,116 |
| 1920s | 387 | #1,012 (1925) | #1,149 |
| 1930s | 371 | #784 (1939) | #1,102 |
| 1940s | 437 | #830 (1940) | #1,034 |
| 1950s | 438 | #1,040 (1951) | #1,146 |
| 1960s | 420 | #1,018 (1967) | #1,197 |
| 1970s | 448 | #1,103 (1970) | #1,305 |
| 1980s | 441 | #1,264 (1982) | #1,535 |
| 1990s | 250 | #1,870 (1990) | #3,016 |
| 2000s | 179 | #3,150 (2000) | #4,815 |
| 2010s | 170 | #4,466 (2017) | #5,458 |
| 2020s | 47 | #6,620 (2020) | #9,411 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Prentice in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 173,398 of them was named Prentice, which outranked 23.8% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,376Zela7
- #3,376Zell7
- #3,376Zenia7
- #3,701Prentice6
- #3,701Abelina6
- #3,701Adelfa6
- #3,701Alden6
- #4,181Adalene5
- #4,181Addis5
- #4,181Adelita5
Tied with 479 names at #3,701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 24,695 of them was named Prentice, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).