Prentiss
#2,557 most common boys' name of all time · #6,168 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1887–2024
Rank among boys
#2,557
Rank overall
#6,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
2,789
Since 2016
61
Peak year
1951 #1,104
Best rank
#983 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Prentiss first appears in 1887. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,927 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,866 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,196 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,928 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,183 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,876 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,168 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,522 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,265 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,699 |
| 2012 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,190 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,800 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,711 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,562 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,725 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,281 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,460 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,898 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,829 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,895 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,687 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,394 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,057 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,552 |
| 1998 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,720 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,898 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,899 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,532 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,835 |
| 1993 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,054 |
| 1992 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,116 |
| 1991 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,001 |
| 1990 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,500 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,706 |
| 1988 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1987 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,027 |
| 1986 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,378 |
| 1985 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,882 |
| 1984 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,724 |
| 1983 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,915 |
| 1982 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,630 |
| 1981 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,783 |
| 1980 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,723 |
| 1978 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,495 |
| 1977 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1976 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,187 |
| 1975 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,387 |
| 1974 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,069 |
| 1973 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,996 |
| 1972 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1971 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,475 |
| 1970 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,324 |
| 1969 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,451 |
| 1968 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,552 |
| 1967 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #1,623 |
| 1966 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,285 |
| 1965 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,259 |
| 1964 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #1,396 |
| 1963 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,344 |
| 1962 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,686 |
| 1961 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,479 |
| 1960 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,533 |
| 1959 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1958 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,384 |
| 1957 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,352 |
| 1956 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,274 |
| 1955 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1954 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,793 |
| 1952 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,104 |
| 1951 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,104 |
| 1950 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,135 |
| 1949 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1948 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,243 |
| 1947 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1946 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,288 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,558 |
| 1944 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,352 |
| 1943 | — | 47 | 47 | #984 |
| 1942 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,113 |
| 1941 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,220 |
| 1940 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,296 |
| 1939 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,308 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,415 |
| 1937 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 1936 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,964 |
| 1934 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1933 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,299 |
| 1932 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,230 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,620 |
| 1930 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,182 |
| 1929 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,352 |
| 1928 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,584 |
| 1927 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,320 |
| 1925 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1924 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,470 |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1922 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,417 |
| 1921 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,935 |
| 1920 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,397 |
| 1919 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,462 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,567 |
| 1917 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,030 |
| 1916 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 1914 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,177 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,732 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,312 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,638 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,481 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #983 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,087 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,197 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,330 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,258 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,171 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,434 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,159 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,056 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,062 |