Prescott
Prescott is given to both girls and boys: 48 girls and 42 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,285 among girls’ names and #2,971 among boys’, #3,821 among all names counting both); 1,887 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,520 Americans named Prescott and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 8 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Prescott by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Prescott mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Prescott is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Prescott?
#2,971 among boys’ names, 2025
Prescott rose from #5,226 in 2015 to #2,971 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.4 to 24.6 per million.
90 babies in 2025, the peak
Prescott peaked in 2025, when 90 babies were given it (42 boys, #2,971 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 26 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,971 | 24.6 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,159 | 15.1 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,571 | 13.4 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,515 | 18.9 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,714 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,546 | 18.0 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,679 | 26.8 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,349 | 18.7 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,521 | 27.6 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,344 | 17.9 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #5,226 | 9.4 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,096 | 13.0 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,574 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,926 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,467 | 11.6 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,612 | 6.8 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,742 | 8.1 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,668 | 6.4 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,332 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 18 | #5,012 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 13 | #6,126 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,420 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,979 | 8.1 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,880 | 11.3 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,116 | 14.9 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,022 | 10.2 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,940 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,809 | 9.9 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,839 | 9.5 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,513 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,068 | 12.1 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,707 | 9.3 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,623 | 14.3 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,794 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,797 | 11.9 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,533 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,907 | 19.5 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,923 | 9.9 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,320 | 4.3 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,973 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,340 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,599 | 10.5 |
| 1983 | 10 | #4,072 | 5.6 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,574 | 10.5 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,792 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,926 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,223 | 4.1 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,349 | 7.3 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,775 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 13 | #3,052 | 8.3 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,512 | 10.9 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,510 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,163 | 7.1 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,508 | 9.3 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,655 | 7.9 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,192 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,255 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 17 | #2,014 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,107 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,926 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,932 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,885 | 9.5 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,386 | 6.4 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,660 | 11.6 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,584 | 3.3 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,400 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,272 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,771 | 4.7 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,481 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,237 | 6.6 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,790 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,565 | 5.4 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,370 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 8 | #3,043 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,623 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,408 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,571 | 5.6 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,953 | 4.6 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,822 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,897 | 3.1 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,102 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,961 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,694 | 6.3 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,357 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,610 | 7.3 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,853 | 4.5 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,443 | 9.0 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,043 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,565 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,584 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,682 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,040 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,902 | 5.5 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,415 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,800 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,661 | 9.8 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,683 | 4.5 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,403 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,200 | 7.9 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,395 | 7.3 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,452 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,434 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,917 | 9.4 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,357 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,627 | 6.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,899 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,504 | 12.4 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,150 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,235 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,447 | 13.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Prescott a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,887 Americans recorded as Prescott, 9% are girls and 91% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Prescott: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Prescott, and how old are they?
1,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 1,887 Americans ever recorded as Prescott. The median Prescott alive today is 24 years old; half are between 8 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 1,253 people named Prescott (64 women and girls, 1,189 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,264 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 30 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 144 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 178 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 306 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 283 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 581 |
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Prescott
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 Prescott and names like it
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