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.

Prentis

#4,164 most common boys' name of all time · #10,212 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1904–2021

Rank among boys
#4,164
Rank overall
#10,212 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
1,260
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1942 #1,350
Best rank
#1,236 1906
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
192019401960198020002020

Prentis first appears in 1904. 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
2021 — 5 5 #12,248
2014 — 8 8 #8,828
2011 — 6 6 #10,887
2007 — 10 10 #7,625
2006 — 7 7 #9,642
2002 — 5 5 #10,771
2000 — 9 9 #6,888
1998 — 8 8 #6,887
1997 — 6 6 #8,205
1994 — 10 10 #5,499
1993 — 6 6 #7,719
1991 — 14 14 #4,043
1990 — 12 12 #4,442
1989 — 11 11 #4,565
1988 — 13 13 #3,742
1987 — 8 8 #5,032
1986 — 8 8 #4,923
1985 — 14 14 #3,251
1984 — 9 9 #4,267
1983 — 10 10 #3,916
1982 — 14 14 #3,151
1981 — 17 17 #2,708
1980 — 14 14 #3,131
1979 — 17 17 #2,695
1978 — 16 16 #2,704
1977 — 13 13 #3,078
1976 — 9 9 #3,789
1975 — 17 17 #2,479
1974 — 5 5 #5,331
1973 — 16 16 #2,433
1972 — 13 13 #2,695
1971 — 13 13 #2,721
1970 — 12 12 #2,783
1969 — 20 20 #1,881
1968 — 10 10 #2,786
1967 — 10 10 #2,652
1966 — 14 14 #2,164
1965 — 13 13 #2,308
1964 — 9 9 #2,923
1963 — 13 13 #2,339
1962 — 14 14 #2,220
1961 — 9 9 #2,966
1960 — 11 11 #2,588
1959 — 16 16 #2,072
1958 — 14 14 #2,208
1957 — 9 9 #2,894
1956 — 20 20 #1,788
1955 — 10 10 #2,630
1954 — 15 15 #2,071
1953 — 18 18 #1,867
1952 — 15 15 #2,040
1951 — 20 20 #1,703
1950 — 20 20 #1,682
1949 — 14 14 #2,068
1948 — 22 22 #1,590
1947 — 22 22 #1,629
1946 — 21 21 #1,583
1945 — 18 18 #1,611
1944 — 14 14 #1,938
1943 — 22 22 #1,516
1942 — 27 27 #1,350
1941 — 18 18 #1,663
1940 — 17 17 #1,716
1939 — 14 14 #1,933
1938 — 13 13 #2,032
1937 — 15 15 #1,872
1936 — 18 18 #1,620
1935 — 16 16 #1,804
1934 — 12 12 #2,197
1933 — 18 18 #1,682
1932 — 10 10 #2,547
1931 — 12 12 #2,266
1930 — 12 12 #2,366
1929 — 21 21 #1,651
1928 — 20 20 #1,734
1927 — 16 16 #2,088
1926 — 16 16 #2,033
1925 — 23 23 #1,619
1924 — 12 12 #2,542
1923 — 9 9 #3,020
1922 — 20 20 #1,809
1921 — 16 16 #2,111
1920 — 14 14 #2,281
1919 — 19 19 #1,786
1918 — 18 18 #1,875
1917 — 12 12 #2,350
1916 — 15 15 #2,000
1915 — 11 11 #2,383
1914 — 5 5 #3,371
1913 — 7 7 #2,376
1912 — 10 10 #1,714
1910 — 8 8 #1,305
1909 — 7 7 #1,269
1906 — 6 6 #1,236
1904 — 5 5 #1,390