girls:
80 births since 2013
#5636 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1913
#3041 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1913
#6022 (22nd percentile)
The name Prescott is the #6,022 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,729 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 22.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,041 (33.7% percentile) for all time with 1,649 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,636 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 80 births since 2013.
Prescott first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Prescott is available in 108 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (108 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Prescott has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 53.7% of babies named Prescott were boys.
For boys, Prescott reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #868) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Prescott ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 46.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Prescott reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #933) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Prescott is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #933 (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Prescott".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Prescott. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.1% confident that Prescott is pronounced as PREH-skuht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PREH-skaht, at 43.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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