Prentiss is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1951 and has since faded.
Prentiss is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Prentiss was first reported in SSA data in 1887 and peaked in 1943 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,661 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,912 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,669 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,529 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #17,559 | #8,660 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,479 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,649 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,902 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #18,578 | #5,427 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,452 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #11,062 | #8,698 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,393 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,992 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,745 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,145 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,522 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,863 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,131 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,058 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,162 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,252 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,986 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,250 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,705 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,812 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | — | #4,006 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | — | #5,109 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | — | #4,723 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | — | #5,041 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | — | #3,120 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | — | #3,187 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | — | #3,082 |
| 1990 | 27 | — | — | #2,537 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | — | #2,759 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | #11,356 | #2,492 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | — | #2,047 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | — | #2,409 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,909 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | #11,663 | #2,791 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | — | #1,944 |
| 1982 | 37 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | — | #1,799 |
| 1980 | 39 | — | — | #1,563 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1978 | 39 | — | — | #1,498 |
| 1977 | 25 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | — | #2,221 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | — | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | — | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 35 | — | #9,220 | #1,596 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | — | #1,491 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | — | #1,330 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | — | #1,563 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #4,879 | #1,641 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1965 | 37 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1964 | 40 | — | #5,349 | #1,401 |
| 1963 | 39 | — | #7,362 | #1,350 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1961 | 30 | — | — | #1,487 |
| 1960 | 28 | — | — | #1,544 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1958 | 32 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1957 | 34 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1956 | 37 | — | — | #1,279 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | — | #1,818 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1951 | 50 | — | #4,717 | #1,106 |
| 1950 | 40 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1949 | 43 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1948 | 34 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1947 | 35 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | — | #1,291 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | — | #1,357 |
| 1943 | 47 | — | — | #983 |
| 1942 | 38 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1941 | 30 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1940 | 27 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1938 | 23 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1937 | 22 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | — | #2,006 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1932 | 31 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | — | #1,630 |
| 1930 | 36 | — | — | #1,187 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,371 |
| 1928 | 23 | — | — | #1,599 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1924 | 27 | — | — | #1,479 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1921 | 18 | — | — | #1,969 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1919 | 25 | — | — | #1,476 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | — | #1,584 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | — | #2,067 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | — | #1,455 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,779 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,695 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | — | #1,101 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #985 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,273 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #1,035 |