Prentice
Prentice was the 11671st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1939, when it ranked 792nd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,005 places. More babies were named Prentice in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,671 boys, down 4,736 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193960 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,992babies recorded
Prentice popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 63 since 1918.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,671 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,935 | 12 |
| 2010 | #5,192 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,205 | 27 |
| 1990 | #1,901 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,286 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,112 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,094 | 51 |
| 1950 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1940 | #837 | 57 |
| 1930 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,066 | 44 |
| 1910 | #919 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,143 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Prentice, counting every spelling?
Prentice is the most common spelling of a name family that had 6 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 6 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice | 6 | #11,671 | 35 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Prentice?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Prentice (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Prentice born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Prentice.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Prentice?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Prentice are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 35 and 65. That makes Prentice mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Prentice: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Prentice, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Prentice
How popular is the name Prentice?
Prentice was the 11671st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1939, when it ranked 792nd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,005 places. More babies were named Prentice in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Prentice a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Prentice in the US.