Prince
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #447 for boys in 2025, 703 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 1,164 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,601since 1880
Prince over time
Rank among boys' names. Prince has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #447 | 703 | |
| 2024 | — | #401 | 806 | |
| 2023 | — | #364 | 894 | |
| 2022 | — | #348 | 943 | |
| 2021 | — | #332 | 978 | |
| 2020 | — | #315 | 1,052 | |
| 2019 | — | #297 | 1,164 | |
| 2018 | — | #317 | 1,066 | |
| 2017 | — | #345 | 988 | |
| 2016 | — | #343 | 1,012 | |
| 2015 | — | #386 | 830 | |
| 2014 | — | #411 | 755 | |
| 2013 | — | #450 | 634 | |
| 2012 | — | #458 | 594 | |
| 2011 | — | #479 | 551 | |
| 2010 | — | #513 | 501 | |
| 2009 | — | #691 | 351 | |
| 2008 | — | #746 | 302 | |
| 2007 | — | #789 | 273 | |
| 2006 | — | #823 | 247 | |
| 2005 | — | #814 | 232 | |
| 2004 | — | #790 | 228 | |
| 2003 | — | #855 | 202 | |
| 2002 | — | #976 | 161 | |
| 2001 | — | #944 | 164 | |
| 2000 | — | #890 | 176 | |
| 1999 | — | #951 | 152 | |
| 1998 | — | #847 | 172 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,040 | 123 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,188 | 96 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,107 | 105 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,168 | 95 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,007 | 118 | |
| 1992 | — | #944 | 129 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #904 | 135 |
| 1990 | — | #914 | 126 | |
| 1989 | — | #870 | 134 | |
| 1988 | — | #806 | 138 | |
| 1987 | — | #846 | 122 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #741 | 150 |
| 1985 | — | #630 | 195 | |
| 1984 | — | #588 | 206 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #662 | 167 |
| 1982 | — | #755 | 137 | |
| 1981 | — | #714 | 146 | |
| 1980 | — | #764 | 131 | |
| 1979 | — | #914 | 92 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,011 | 73 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,127 | 59 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,030 | 65 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,014 | 63 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | — | #1,159 | 51 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,186 | 44 | |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,102 | 45 |
| 1966 | — | #1,090 | 46 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,064 | 48 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #906 | 70 |
| 1963 | — | #936 | 64 | |
| 1962 | — | #953 | 63 | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #1,052 | 55 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #964 | 64 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,026 | 55 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #840 | 81 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #868 | 74 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #847 | 75 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #852 | 71 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #932 | 58 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #857 | 66 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #960 | 52 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #782 | 77 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #902 | 58 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #842 | 67 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #819 | 64 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #861 | 54 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #837 | 62 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #991 | 45 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #888 | 51 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #802 | 60 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #811 | 56 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #752 | 66 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #781 | 62 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #825 | 55 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #803 | 59 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #897 | 49 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #869 | 51 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #806 | 64 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #775 | 70 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #799 | 69 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #759 | 75 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #657 | 96 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #835 | 66 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #651 | 97 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #729 | 82 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #724 | 80 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #695 | 80 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #647 | 90 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #640 | 86 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #630 | 85 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #647 | 80 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #605 | 69 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #629 | 50 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | — | #533 | 31 | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #447 | 38 |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #452 | 24 |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #411 | 23 |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #445 | 19 | |
| 1891 | — | #333 | 26 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #430 | 19 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Prince was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1895, when fewer than 20 boys a year got the name.
See more about Prince
- 46 spots since 2024 (#401 → #447)
- 132 spots since 2020 (#315 → #447)
- 61 spots since 2015 (#386 → #447)
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1998 (#1,040 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1969 (#996 → #1,186)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2019 at #297 (1,164 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 1,541 boys born in 2019 were named Prince (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,430 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 34.3% of all boys named Prince (8,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 180 | #369 (1886) | #422 |
| 1890s | 182 | #333 (1891) | #465 |
| 1900s | 240 | #334 (1901) | #461 |
| 1910s | 658 | #447 (1910) | #605 |
| 1920s | 772 | #651 (1922) | #748 |
| 1930s | 573 | #752 (1938) | #828 |
| 1940s | 590 | #782 (1949) | #859 |
| 1950s | 669 | #840 (1957) | #900 |
| 1960s | 551 | #906 (1964) | #1,026 |
| 1970s | 602 | #914 (1979) | #1,104 |
| 1980s | 1,526 | #588 (1984) | #738 |
| 1990s | 1,251 | #847 (1998) | #1,007 |
| 2000s | 2,336 | #691 (2009) | #832 |
| 2010s | 8,095 | #297 (2019) | #400 |
| 2020s | 5,376 | #315 (2020) | #368 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Prince in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 120,637 of them was named Prince, which outranked 45.5% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,917Wonda11
- #2,917Zeda11
- #2,917Zilpha11
- #3,125Prince10
- #3,125Adabelle10
- #3,125Adair10
- #3,125Adelfa10
- #3,350Adalia9
- #3,350Adena9
- #3,350Adra9
Tied with 224 names at #3,125; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 16,608 of them was named Prince, which outranked 83.0% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).