Prentice is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1939 and has since faded.
Prentice is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,671 for boy births in the United States (and #24,086 across all names), given to 6 babies. Prentice first appears in 1884 and peaked in 1939 (60 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,671 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,997 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,529 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,963 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,015 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #14,709 | #6,935 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,687 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,879 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,558 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,015 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,666 |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,015 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,521 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,228 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,786 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,192 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,058 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,992 |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,219 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,469 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,219 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,555 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,983 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,987 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,077 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,205 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,944 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,569 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | — | #3,555 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | — | #3,372 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | — | #3,002 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | — | #4,042 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | — | #2,851 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | — | #2,290 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | #14,759 | #2,383 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | — | #1,901 |
| 1989 | 54 | — | #13,894 | #1,635 |
| 1988 | 39 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1987 | 39 | — | — | #1,727 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | — | #1,718 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,908 |
| 1984 | 51 | — | — | #1,314 |
| 1983 | 38 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1982 | 54 | — | — | #1,273 |
| 1981 | 50 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | — | #1,286 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,504 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1977 | 54 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1976 | 41 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1975 | 53 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1974 | 40 | — | — | #1,366 |
| 1973 | 48 | — | #9,390 | #1,264 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | — | #1,282 |
| 1971 | 49 | — | #8,054 | #1,285 |
| 1970 | 55 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | — | #1,393 |
| 1968 | 43 | — | #6,079 | #1,275 |
| 1967 | 51 | — | — | #1,028 |
| 1966 | 42 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1964 | 38 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | — | #1,185 |
| 1961 | 52 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1959 | 49 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1958 | 39 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1957 | 51 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1956 | 52 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1955 | 43 | — | — | #1,149 |
| 1954 | 50 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | — | #1,540 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1950 | 39 | — | — | #1,159 |
| 1949 | 50 | — | — | #994 |
| 1948 | 49 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | — | #1,288 |
| 1946 | 56 | — | — | #888 |
| 1945 | 29 | — | — | #1,243 |
| 1944 | 40 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1943 | 47 | — | #5,208 | #1,048 |
| 1942 | 39 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1941 | 42 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1940 | 57 | — | — | #837 |
| 1939 | 60 | — | — | #792 |
| 1938 | 36 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1937 | 36 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1936 | 48 | — | #4,061 | #967 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1933 | 29 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1932 | 46 | — | #3,841 | #1,087 |
| 1931 | 34 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1929 | 39 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1928 | 35 | — | — | #1,223 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | #5,473 | #1,156 |
| 1925 | 46 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | — | #1,241 |
| 1923 | 37 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1922 | 33 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1921 | 47 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1920 | 44 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1919 | 41 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1918 | 46 | — | #4,714 | #1,089 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | — | #1,573 |
| 1916 | 43 | — | — | #979 |
| 1915 | 34 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1914 | 30 | — | — | #1,045 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | — | #1,213 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,265 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #919 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #907 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #986 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,143 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #1,028 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,193 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #894 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #950 |