Prentis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Prentis

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,260 babies named Prentis between 1904 and 2021, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prentis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prentis performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Prentis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Prentis in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prentis 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 1,260 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.