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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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