Prentis

Boy · recorded 1904–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Prentis.

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Its story

Popularity since 1904

0234519041933196319922021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 95 recorded years as a table
Prentis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190439
190645
190943
191041
191223
191314
19148
191513
191617
191713
191818
191919
192013
192115
192218
19238
192411
192521
192614
192714
192818
192920
193011
193112
193210
193318
193412
193515
193617
193714
193812
193913
194015
194115
194220
194315
194410
194513
194613
194712
194813
19498
195011
195111
19528
19539
19547
19555
19569
19574
19587
19597
19605
19614
19627
19636
19645
19657
19668
19676
19686
196911
19706
19717
19728
197310
19743
197511
19766
19778
197810
197910
19808
19819
19828
19836
19845
19858
19864
19874
19887
19895
19906
19917
19933
19945
19973
19984
20005
20023
20063
20075
20113
20144
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Prentis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#12,146
How rare
1 in 349,896 boys
Since 1904
1,260

Prentis was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 45 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Prentis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.