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How popular is “Prentiss” in the USA?

Number of people named “Prentiss” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Prentiss” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Prentiss” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Prentiss” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Prentiss” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Prentiss” by birth year

This chart shows how “Prentiss” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 -100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 -100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 -100%
1930 36 0.000016192 36 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 30 0.000014445 30 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 -100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 26 0.0000118 26 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 30 0.000012313 30 -100%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 -100%
1943 47 0.000016652 47 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 -100%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 -100%
1949 43 0.000012339 43 -100%
1950 40 0.000011418 40 -100%
1951 50 0.000013573 7 43 -72%
1952 44 0.000011585 44 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 28 0.000007034 28 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 34 0.000008091 34 -100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 -100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 -100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 -100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 39 0.000009853 5 34 -74%
1964 40 0.000010289 8 32 -60%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 -100%
1966 35 0.00001007 35 -100%
1967 32 0.000009426 9 23 -44%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 34 0.000009906 34 -100%
1972 35 0.000011136 5 30 -71%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 -100%
1979 33 0.000009919 33 -100%
1980 39 0.000011322 39 -100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 -100%
1982 37 0.000010547 37 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 5 17 -55%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 6 24 -60%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 19 0.000005195 10 9 5%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 22 0.000005936 5 17 -55%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 14 0.000003982 5 9 -29%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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