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Prescott: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 48 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,285 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 53% of babies named Prescott in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,285 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Prescott: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 48 girls in 2025. Peak: #3,285 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 48 (2025).
In 2025, 48 US girls were named Prescott, making it the 3,285th most common girls’ name of the year, up 455 places from #3,740 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 41 girls named Prescott in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,285, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 48. For comparison, it was #18,499 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 42 US boys were named Prescott, making it the 2,972nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,190 places from #4,162 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 26 boys named Prescott in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,661, reached in 1962. The most boys given the name in a single year was 51, in 2017. For comparison, it was #5,230 in 2015 and #2,409 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Prescott in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 7 babies. In all, 1,887 US babies have been given the name, 9.0% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 322 babies named Prescott.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 159 US girls were named Prescott; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 48. In 2025 that was about 1 in 33,485 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Pres, Scott and Scotty.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,285 | 42 | #2,972 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,740 | 26 | #4,162 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,350 | 23 | #4,575 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,413 | 33 | #3,517 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,405 | 30 | #3,718 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,962 | 31 | #3,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,600 | 48 | #2,680 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,222 | 34 | #3,353 |
| 2017 | — | — | 51 | #2,522 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,232 | 34 | #3,345 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,499 | 18 | #5,230 |
| 2014 | — | — | 25 | #4,099 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,642 | 21 | #4,576 |
| 2012 | — | — | 12 | #6,932 |
| 2011 | — | — | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2010 | — | — | 13 | #6,618 |
| 2009 | — | — | 16 | #5,746 |
| 2008 | — | — | 13 | #6,673 |
| 2007 | — | — | 23 | #4,334 |
| 2006 | — | — | 18 | #5,016 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,132 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,425 |
| 2003 | — | — | 16 | #4,984 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | — | — | 29 | #3,121 |
| 2000 | — | — | 20 | #4,028 |
| 1999 | — | — | 19 | #3,945 |
| 1998 | — | — | 19 | #3,813 |
| 1997 | — | — | 18 | #3,844 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,519 |
| 1995 | — | — | 23 | #3,073 |
| 1994 | — | — | 18 | #3,713 |
| 1993 | — | — | 28 | #2,629 |
| 1992 | — | — | 25 | #2,800 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,803 |
| 1990 | — | — | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1989 | — | — | 39 | #1,912 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,928 |
| 1987 | — | — | 8 | #5,327 |
| 1986 | — | — | 17 | #2,976 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,343 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,600 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #4,074 |
| 1982 | — | — | 19 | #2,575 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,794 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,927 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,225 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,350 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #3,053 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,514 |
| 1974 | — | — | 10 | #3,512 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,165 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,508 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,656 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,193 |
| 1969 | — | — | 9 | #3,256 |
| 1968 | — | — | 17 | #2,015 |
| 1967 | — | — | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1965 | — | — | 9 | #2,933 |
| 1964 | — | — | 19 | #1,886 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,387 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,661 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,585 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,401 |
| 1959 | — | — | 14 | #2,273 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,772 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,482 |
| 1956 | — | — | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1955 | — | — | 6 | #3,791 |
| 1954 | — | — | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1953 | — | — | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1952 | — | — | 8 | #3,045 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,624 |
| 1950 | — | — | 11 | #2,409 |
| 1949 | — | — | 10 | #2,572 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,954 |
| 1947 | — | — | 9 | #2,823 |
| 1946 | — | — | 5 | #3,898 |
| 1945 | — | — | 12 | #2,103 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,962 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,695 |
| 1942 | — | — | 11 | #2,358 |
| 1941 | — | — | 9 | #2,610 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,854 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,443 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #2,043 |
| 1935 | — | — | 6 | #3,565 |
| 1934 | — | — | 6 | #3,586 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,683 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #3,040 |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,904 |
| 1929 | — | — | 5 | #4,417 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,662 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,685 |
| 1925 | — | — | 13 | #2,404 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,201 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,397 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,453 |
| 1921 | — | — | 8 | #3,435 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,918 |
| 1919 | — | — | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1918 | — | — | 7 | #3,628 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,900 |
| 1916 | — | — | 11 | #2,505 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,236 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,448 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).