Prentice
Prentice is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Prentice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Prentice is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Prentice
Prentice first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1884, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1939, when 60 Prentices were born — ranking #784 that year. As of 2026, Prentice ranks #10,889 for baby boys with 6 births, falling sharply (-59%). In total, more than 4K Prentices have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Prentice
Prentice is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Prentice's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #784. Use the chart and map above to compare Prentice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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