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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Prentis

Prentis was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1906, when it ranked 1217th; the most babies were born in 1942 (27). More babies were named Prentis in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
194227 babies
Total since 1880
1,260babies recorded

Prentis popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#7,2559
1990#4,60112
1980#3,20914
1970#2,84812
1960#2,64911
1950#1,69220
1940#1,72817
1930#2,41712
1920#2,31414
1910#1,2878
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Prentis, counting every spelling?

Prentis is a spelling of Prentice, a name family that had 6 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 6 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Prentice6#11,67135

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 old are people named Prentis?

About 600 people born in the US named Prentis are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 42 and 71. That makes Prentis mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Prentis by state

How common Prentis was among boys born in each state in 1940–1944, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (12.7×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMS0.19Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Prentis, boys, 1940–1944. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Prentis: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Prentis, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Prentis

How popular is the name Prentis?

Prentis was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1906, when it ranked 1217th; the most babies were born in 1942 (27). More babies were named Prentis in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Prentis a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Prentis in the US.

Where was Prentis most popular?

In 1940–1944, Prentis was most common in Mississippi (0.19 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Louisiana.