Prentice
Boy · PREN-tis · English
Prentice is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “apprentice”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Prentice mean?
English: English occupational surname
“apprentice”
An English surname for an apprentice, from a shortened form of the Old French word.
- Say it
- PREN-tis
Is Prentice a girl's or a boy's name?
Prentice is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prentice in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 17 boys.
Prentice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Prentice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Prentice, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1939, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Prentice in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prentice in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,610 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,293 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,263 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,198 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,272 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,103 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,018 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 50 | #984 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 56 | #878 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,037 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 57 | #830 |
| 1939 | 60 | #784 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,074 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,018 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 43 | #972 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
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