Prentiss
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PREN-tis
- Origin
- English
Prentiss is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “apprentice”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Prentiss mean?
English: English occupational surname, variant of Prentice
“apprentice”
A variant of Prentice, an English surname for an apprentice.
Is Prentiss a girl's or a boy's name?
Prentiss is a boys' name.
How popular is Prentiss in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1943, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the boys named Prentiss in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 20% of the babies named Prentiss in the US were girls.
Prentiss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,281 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,093 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,071 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 47 | #980 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,110 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
Names like Prentiss
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thomas, Philip, Peter, James, Robert, Paul, Joseph, Curtis, Richard, Francis, William, Louis
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Prentiss: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prentiss, updated 20 October 2026.