Prentice — #10916 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Prentice

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,923 babies named Prentice between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prentice currently holds the #10916 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prentice performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Prentice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Prentice in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prentice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,923 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.