Prentice
Prentice was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,667 among boys’ names; 3,992 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,350 Americans named Prentice and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 35 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Prentice by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Prentice?
#11,667 among boys’ names, 2025
Prentice fell from #4,664 in 2015 to #11,667 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.0 to 3.5 per million.
60 babies in 1939, the peak
Prentice peaked in 1939, when 60 boys were given it, #792 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,667 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 6 | #11,992 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 7 | #10,524 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 6 | #11,957 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 10 | #8,010 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,930 | 7.0 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,682 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,875 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,554 | 11.9 |
| 2016 | 10 | #8,010 | 5.3 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | #4,664 | 11.0 |
| 2014 | 19 | #5,011 | 9.9 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,516 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,222 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,784 | 10.5 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,189 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 19 | #5,056 | 9.6 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,987 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,217 | 11.6 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,465 | 7.8 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,214 | 8.0 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,550 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,978 | 8.1 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,980 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 15 | #5,071 | 7.7 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,199 | 13.7 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,939 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,565 | 11.0 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,550 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,366 | 11.1 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,997 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 16 | #4,036 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,845 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,285 | 16.5 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,377 | 14.8 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,896 | 20.0 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,630 | 24.5 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,781 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,725 | 20.9 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,717 | 20.1 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,907 | 16.8 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,313 | 28.3 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,581 | 21.2 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,272 | 29.8 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,323 | 27.9 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,286 | 29.7 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,504 | 23.2 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,592 | 21.9 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,203 | 32.9 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,404 | 26.1 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,164 | 33.9 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,366 | 25.4 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,264 | 27.6 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,282 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,285 | 24.3 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,112 | 29.6 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,393 | 19.0 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,275 | 20.7 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,028 | 29.2 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,155 | 23.5 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,313 | 18.8 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,282 | 19.1 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,296 | 18.2 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,184 | 21.3 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,091 | 24.5 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,093 | 23.9 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,112 | 23.0 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,248 | 18.4 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,071 | 23.6 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,050 | 24.6 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,148 | 20.9 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,062 | 24.5 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,133 | 21.8 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,539 | 12.9 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,048 | 25.0 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,158 | 21.8 |
| 1949 | 50 | #993 | 28.2 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,012 | 27.9 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,287 | 18.0 |
| 1946 | 56 | #888 | 34.5 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,242 | 21.5 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,049 | 29.3 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,048 | 29.4 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,106 | 28.2 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,000 | 34.2 |
| 1940 | 57 | #837 | 49.2 |
| 1939 | 60 | #792 | 54.2 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,090 | 32.5 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,090 | 33.8 |
| 1936 | 42 | #967 | 40.5 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,188 | 30.7 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,113 | 34.9 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,249 | 29.2 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,087 | 37.4 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,188 | 32.7 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,418 | 24.6 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,125 | 36.3 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,223 | 31.6 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,318 | 28.4 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,156 | 35.1 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,018 | 41.2 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,241 | 30.9 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,190 | 33.8 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,277 | 30.3 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,024 | 42.7 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,066 | 41.3 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,075 | 41.8 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,089 | 39.5 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,573 | 23.8 |
| 1916 | 43 | #979 | 48.3 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,119 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,045 | 45.8 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,197 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,213 | 37.2 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,264 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 13 | #919 | 66.9 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,635 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,338 | 38.9 |
| 1906 | 9 | #907 | 67.6 |
| 1905 | 8 | #985 | 60.5 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,357 | 39.0 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,103 | 50.3 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,271 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,142 | 46.5 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,027 | 56.5 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,192 | 44.3 |
| 1887 | 6 | #894 | 59.2 |
| 1884 | 6 | #950 | 52.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Prentice a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,992 Americans recorded as Prentice, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Prentice: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Prentice, and how old are they?
2,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 3,992 Americans ever recorded as Prentice. The median Prentice alive today is 49 years old; half are between 35 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 2,110 people named Prentice (136 women and girls, 1,974 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,536 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 145 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 559 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 634 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 557 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 286 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 170 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Prentice born?
The states with the most babies named Prentice are Texas, Tennessee and Georgia, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 268 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 152 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 109 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 108 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 62 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 60 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 54 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 36 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Arkansas | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Prentice is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Prentice is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Prentice with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Prentice
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Prentice and names like it
- Compare Prentice and PrentissBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sPrentice peaked in 1939.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Prentice since 1910.
- The top names of 1939The year the most babies were named Prentice.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Prentice alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with PMost given first.