Prentis
Prentis is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194227 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1904
- 1,260people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,260 boys have been named Prentis in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 27 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 27 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1940s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Prentis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 105 | |
| 1920s | 167 | |
| 1930s | 140 | |
| 1940s | 195 | |
| 1950s | 157 | |
| 1960s | 123 | |
| 1970s | 131 | |
| 1980s | 118 | |
| 1990s | 56 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 14 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Prentis was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1942 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Prentis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Artispeak 1951
- Earniepeak 1948
- Erskinepeak 1947
- Regispeak 1917
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Feltonpeak 1948
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.