Prentiss
Prentiss was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 2,789 Americans have been recorded with it between 1887 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,640 Americans named Prentiss and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 36 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Prentiss by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Prentiss?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,656, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
50 babies in 1951, the peak
Prentiss peaked in 1951, when 50 babies were given it (43 boys, #1,105 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #10,656 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,907 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,664 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,524 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,655 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,474 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,644 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,897 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,423 | 8.9 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,447 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9 | #8,692 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 8 | #9,386 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,986 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,741 | 8.1 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,140 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,518 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,857 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 13 | #6,125 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 13 | #6,052 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,155 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,245 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,979 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,242 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,699 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,808 | 9.9 |
| 1997 | 17 | #4,001 | 9.0 |
| 1996 | 12 | #5,102 | 6.3 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,717 | 6.8 |
| 1994 | 12 | #5,035 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,114 | 11.2 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,181 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | 21 | #3,076 | 10.4 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,532 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,753 | 11.5 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,487 | 12.5 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,043 | 16.1 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,407 | 12.5 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,908 | 16.8 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,790 | 9.4 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,943 | 15.6 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,642 | 20.4 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,798 | 17.9 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,563 | 21.9 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,742 | 19.2 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,498 | 23.8 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,991 | 15.2 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,220 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,399 | 25.6 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,100 | 13.4 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,018 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,596 | 18.5 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,491 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,329 | 21.5 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,460 | 17.3 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,562 | 15.0 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,640 | 13.2 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,294 | 19.6 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,267 | 19.9 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,400 | 16.1 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,349 | 16.7 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,702 | 11.1 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,486 | 14.1 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,543 | 13.1 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,380 | 15.5 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,390 | 15.1 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,358 | 15.8 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,278 | 17.5 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,333 | 16.0 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,459 | 13.7 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,817 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,108 | 22.6 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,105 | 22.8 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,135 | 22.3 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,081 | 24.2 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,247 | 19.4 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,246 | 19.1 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,290 | 18.5 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,568 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,356 | 18.3 |
| 1943 | 47 | #983 | 32.9 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,115 | 27.5 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,227 | 24.4 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,303 | 23.3 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,318 | 23.5 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,428 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,478 | 20.6 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,317 | 25.1 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,006 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,236 | 29.1 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,301 | 27.2 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,229 | 29.7 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,630 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,187 | 32.8 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,371 | 26.0 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,599 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,592 | 21.3 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,322 | 27.9 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,620 | 20.6 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,479 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,581 | 21.9 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,428 | 25.7 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,968 | 16.3 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,412 | 26.3 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,475 | 25.5 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,583 | 22.7 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,066 | 16.2 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,455 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,296 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,183 | 38.2 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,778 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,331 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,694 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,100 | 51.5 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,548 | 32.4 |
| 1907 | 9 | #984 | 61.3 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,091 | 52.6 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,203 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,359 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,272 | 40.8 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,171 | 47.0 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,454 | 33.2 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,169 | 47.1 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,054 | 51.1 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,035 | 49.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Prentiss a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,789 Americans recorded as Prentiss, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Prentiss: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Prentiss, and how old are they?
1,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 2,789 Americans ever recorded as Prentiss. The median Prentiss alive today is 51 years old; half are between 36 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 1,516 people named Prentiss (152 women and girls, 1,364 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,785 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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 | 98 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 429 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 449 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 364 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 202 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 99 |
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 Prentiss born?
The states with the most babies named Prentiss are Mississippi, Louisiana and Illinois, with 93% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 562 | not ranked | 13.1× |
| Louisiana | 92 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Illinois | 24 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Carolina | 23 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Alabama | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Prentiss is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Prentiss is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 13.1 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 Prentiss with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,049 babies since 1880, Prentiss is the most given (69% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Prentiss
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 Prentiss and names like it
- Compare Prentiss and PrentisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sPrentiss peaked in 1951.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Prentiss since 1910.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Prentiss.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Prentiss alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with PMost given first.