Prescott
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- PRES-kot
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Unisex
Prescott is a name of English origin, meaning “priest's cottage”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Prescott mean?
English: English place name and surname
“priest's cottage”
Prescott, Arizona, was named after the historian William H. Prescott.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Prescott a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Prescott has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls and 42 boys in the US.
How popular is Prescott in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Prescott, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 48 girls were also named Prescott in 2025 (3,249th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Prescott than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Prescott in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 13% of the babies named Prescott in the US in 2016, and 53% in 2025.
Prescott in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Nicknames for Prescott
- Scott 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Prescott
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Prescott: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prescott, updated 20 October 2026.