Boys' name · since 1965
Prenell
Prenell has 16 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1965
- 1960s
- peak decade
16 boys have been named Prenell since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Prenell has 16 recorded births among boys since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1975.
- #30,974 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1965
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prenell ranks #30,974 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1965, peaking in the 1960s.
- #30,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1965
- 1960s
- peak decade
Prenell's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prenell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prenell's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1965 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prenell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1975
- Peak year (1965)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Prenell by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1960s was Prenell's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Prenell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Prenell's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Prenell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1965–1975 (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 Prenell 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.