Girls' name · since 1921
Prebble
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Prebble, peaking in 1923. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Prebble is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 1921.
Prebble has 13 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1923.
- #51,198 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prebble ranks #51,198 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,198 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Prebble's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prebble's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Prebble splits its recorded history at 1923: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Prebble popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Prebble by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Prebble's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Prebble births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Prebble: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~2 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Prebble draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.