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How popular is the name Prentice?

Births per year, rank history and how many Prentices are alive today.

Prentice (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2007 (ranked 4333rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1997, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1052nd most popular that year.

The Prentice you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Prentices born in England and Wales are between 26 and 35, and there are at least 130 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Prentice - on average, only one in every 2,331 such rooms contains a Prentice.

How many babies are named Prentice each year?

051020001997: 131998: 41999: 52000: 32007: 3actual

Where does Prentice rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020001997: ranked 1,0521998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 3,0362007: ranked 4,333

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Prentice per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007, peaking at about 13 in 1997
Prentice: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2007. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Prentice most popular?

Prentice peaked in 1997, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Prentice?

At least 130 people named Prentice born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Prentice?

Most living Prentices are between 26 and 35; the most common age is about 32.

Is Prentice becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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