Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Prentice

#2,049 most common boys' name of all time · #4,905 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#2,049
Rank overall
#4,905 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
3,992
Since 2016
118
Peak year
1939 #789
Best rank
#789 1939
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Prentice first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,728
2024 — 6 6 #10,970
2023 — 7 7 #9,782
2022 — 6 6 #10,902
2021 — 10 10 #7,611
2020 6 12 18 #6,642
2019 — 13 13 #6,418
2018 — 20 20 #4,753
2017 — 22 22 #4,476
2016 — 10 10 #7,631
2015 — 21 21 #4,553
2014 — 19 19 #4,884
2013 — 13 13 #6,254
2012 — 14 14 #6,012
2011 — 20 20 #4,668
2010 — 18 18 #5,056
2009 — 19 19 #4,935
2008 — 15 15 #5,780
2007 — 24 24 #4,133
2006 — 16 16 #5,313
2005 — 16 16 #5,044
2004 — 19 19 #4,432
2003 — 16 16 #4,825
2002 — 12 12 #5,742
2001 — 15 15 #4,902
2000 — 27 27 #3,155
1999 — 19 19 #3,845
1998 — 21 21 #3,496
1997 — 20 20 #3,468
1996 — 21 21 #3,301
1995 — 24 24 #2,934
1994 — 16 16 #3,920
1993 — 25 25 #2,795
1992 — 33 33 #2,260
1991 5 30 35 #2,351
1990 — 41 41 #1,875
1989 5 49 54 #1,621
1988 — 39 39 #1,774
1987 — 39 39 #1,715
1986 — 37 37 #1,700
1985 — 31 31 #1,878
1984 — 51 51 #1,299
1983 — 38 38 #1,565
1982 — 54 54 #1,268
1981 — 50 50 #1,314
1980 — 53 53 #1,279
1979 — 40 40 #1,492
1978 — 36 36 #1,577
1977 — 54 54 #1,200
1976 — 41 41 #1,393
1975 — 53 53 #1,164
1974 — 40 40 #1,355
1973 5 43 48 #1,259
1972 — 43 43 #1,267
1971 6 43 49 #1,278
1970 — 55 55 #1,108
1969 — 34 34 #1,384
1968 7 36 43 #1,265
1967 — 51 51 #1,019
1966 — 42 42 #1,153
1965 — 35 35 #1,308
1964 — 38 38 #1,270
1963 — 37 37 #1,286
1962 — 44 44 #1,174
1961 — 52 52 #1,085
1960 — 51 51 #1,092
1959 — 49 49 #1,109
1958 — 39 39 #1,244
1957 — 51 51 #1,067
1956 — 52 52 #1,049
1955 — 43 43 #1,144
1954 — 50 50 #1,058
1953 — 43 43 #1,129
1952 — 25 25 #1,530
1951 — 47 47 #1,047
1950 — 39 39 #1,152
1949 — 50 50 #993
1948 — 49 49 #1,008
1947 — 33 33 #1,280
1946 — 56 56 #885
1945 — 29 29 #1,237
1944 — 40 40 #1,045
1943 5 42 47 #1,046
1942 — 39 39 #1,101
1941 — 42 42 #998
1940 — 57 57 #836
1939 — 60 60 #789
1938 — 36 36 #1,087
1937 — 36 36 #1,085
1936 6 42 48 #959
1935 — 32 32 #1,182
1934 — 36 36 #1,105
1933 — 29 29 #1,235
1932 7 39 46 #1,084
1931 — 34 34 #1,180
1930 — 27 27 #1,413
1929 — 39 39 #1,124
1928 — 35 35 #1,219
1927 — 32 32 #1,308
1926 5 39 44 #1,153
1925 — 46 46 #1,016
1924 — 35 35 #1,233
1923 — 37 37 #1,183
1922 — 33 33 #1,271
1921 — 47 47 #1,024
1920 — 44 44 #1,061
1919 — 41 41 #1,075
1918 6 40 46 #1,088
1917 — 22 22 #1,551
1916 — 43 43 #976
1915 — 34 34 #1,111
1914 — 30 30 #1,039
1913 — 19 19 #1,189
1912 — 16 16 #1,204
1911 — 9 9 #1,245
1910 — 13 13 #913
1909 — 5 5 #1,544
1908 — 6 6 #1,295
1906 — 9 9 #906
1905 — 8 8 #975
1904 — 5 5 #1,309
1903 — 6 6 #1,091
1902 — 5 5 #1,239
1900 — 7 7 #1,117
1899 — 6 6 #1,022
1897 — 5 5 #1,165
1887 — 6 6 #911
1884 — 6 6 #963