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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Prentice is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#946 · 1 in 19,611
Best ever in a state: #185 in Tennessee, 1939.
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| Texas | #946 | 5 | 1 in 19,611 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 55,442 of them was named Prentice, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,252Rance34
- #1,252Rueben34
- #1,252Verl34
- #1,271Prentice33
- #1,271Abner33
- #1,271Aldo33
- #1,271Amador33
- #1,297Allie32
- #1,297Barrett32
- #1,297Bryon32
Tied with 25 names at #1,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.