Quick answers about Prentiss
How many people are named Prentiss?
An estimated 1,529 living Americans are named Prentiss.
How rare is Prentiss?
Prentiss fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Prentiss?
The median age of a living American named Prentiss is approximately 49 years, with most bearers falling between 36 and 64 years old.
Is Prentiss still popular?
Not especially. Prentiss has been declining since its 1943 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Prentiss most common?
Prentiss has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 19.5× more often than the national baseline.
1887Peak 19432025
Where it lives now
Prentiss is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 19.3× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Prentiss is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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