Prentiss

Recorded 1887–2024 · United States

Prentiss was most popular in 1951, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,234 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,789 people named Prentiss.

Most popular in1951

Rank that year#2,234

Births that year50

Total since 18802,789

Given to98% boys

Prentiss over time

Births per year. The dot marks Prentiss’s peak in 1951. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Prentiss a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Prentiss is a boy’s name — 2.3% of the 2,789 Americans given it were girls and 97.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Prentiss

Where Prentiss is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org