Prentiss
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,724since 1887
Prentiss over time
Rank among boys' names. Prentiss has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,622 | 37 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,547 | 39 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,487 | 39 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,378 | 40 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | — | #1,466 | 34 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,338 | 34 |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,345 | 34 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | — | #1,123 | 40 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,233 | 35 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,278 | 30 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,110 | 38 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,297 | 26 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,444 | 22 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,458 | 27 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,396 | 28 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Prentiss! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Prentiss
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1943 (#1,110 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1908 (#930 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1887 at #921 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1887–1943
- Highest: 1 in 16,314 boys born in 1907 were named Prentiss (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1887, was only 1 in 20,282 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.6% of all boys named Prentiss (343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 11 | #978 (1895) | #1,015 |
| 1900s | 47 | #930 (1907) | #1,139 |
| 1910s | 180 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,433 |
| 1920s | 254 | #1,296 (1926) | #1,504 |
| 1930s | 255 | #1,173 (1930) | #1,384 |
| 1940s | 328 | #980 (1943) | #1,227 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,094 (1952) | #1,316 |
| 1960s | 299 | #1,254 (1965) | #1,451 |
| 1970s | 304 | #1,314 (1970) | #1,708 |
| 1980s | 284 | #1,547 (1980) | #2,092 |
| 1990s | 179 | #2,488 (1990) | #3,794 |
| 2000s | 116 | #5,040 (2000) | #6,553 |
| 2010s | 97 | #5,252 (2014) | #8,005 |
| 2020s | 22 | #8,166 (2021) | #9,627 |
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.
Prentiss in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
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1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 48,485 of them was named Prentiss, which outranked 64.1% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,403Waverly23
- #1,403Wendel23
- #1,403Wilfrid23
- #1,444Prentiss22
- #1,444Aldon22
- #1,444Anastacio22
- #1,444Arch22
- #1,481Adolf21
- #1,481Almon21
- #1,481Armin21
Tied with 36 names at #1,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.