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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Prentiss

Prentiss was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1943, when it ranked 983rd with 47 babies. More babies were named Prentiss in the 1950s 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
194347 babies
Total since 1880
2,789babies recorded

Prentiss 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.

A few girls are given the name too: 65 since 1951.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010#6,99212
2000#5,25014
1990#2,53727
1980#1,56339
1970#1,33040
1960#1,54428
1950#1,13640
1940#1,30327
1930#1,18736
1920#1,41228
1910#1,10110
1900#1,4565
1890——
1880——

How popular is Prentiss, counting every spelling?

Prentiss 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 Prentiss?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Prentiss are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 36 and 67. That makes Prentiss 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.

Prentiss by state

How common Prentiss was among boys born in each state in 1941–1945, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (17.7×). In 48 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: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesMS0.42Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Prentiss, boys, 1941–1945. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Prentiss

How popular is the name Prentiss?

Prentiss was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1943, when it ranked 983rd with 47 babies. More babies were named Prentiss in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Prentiss a boy or girl name?

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

Where was Prentiss most popular?

In 1941–1945, Prentiss was most common in Mississippi (0.42 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Texas.