Prentiss — #9891 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Prentiss

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,724 babies named Prentiss between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prentiss currently holds the #9891 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prentiss performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Prentiss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 562 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Prentiss in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prentiss 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 2,724 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.