Masculine dossier · first seen 1887

Prentiss

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Prentiss
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1943

Peak era

1943

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1887Peak 19432024

Peak year

1943

Decline from peak

85.1%

2024

All-time

2,724

Prentiss is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1943, when 47 boys were named Prentiss.

In 2024, only 7 boys were given the name.

Down 85.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,724 Americans have been named Prentiss and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1887.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1943

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