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

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Peak · boys
2019 · 1,164 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,601
since 1880

Prince over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Prince has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #297, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#447703
2024#401806
2023#364894
2022#348943
2021#332978
2020#3151,052
2019#2971,164
2018#3171,066
2017#345988
2016#3431,012
2015#386830
2014#411755
2013#450634
2012#458594
2011#479551
2010#513501
2009#691351
2008#746302
2007#789273
2006#823247
2005#814232
2004#790228
2003#855202
2002#976161
2001#944164
2000#890176
1999#951152
1998#847172
1997#1,040123
1996#1,18896
1995#1,107105
1994#1,16895
1993#1,007118
1992#944129
1991#13,1475#904135
1990#914126
1989#870134
1988#806138
1987#846122
1986#10,9125#741150
1985#630195
1984#588206
1983#10,2755#662167
1982#755137
1981#714146
1980#764131
1979#91492
1978#1,01173
1977#1,12759
1976#1,03065
1975#1,40739
1974#1,07359
1973#1,01463
1972#1,16349
1971#8,3245#1,13852
1970#1,15951
1969#1,18644
1968#99655
1967#6,8045#1,10245
1966#1,09046
1965#1,06448
1964#6,0096#90670
1963#93664
1962#95363
1961#4,23910#1,05255
1960#4,18410#97361
1959#4,3009#96464
1958#4,8907#1,02655
1957#4,9187#84081
1956#4,1619#86874
1955#4,0699#84775
1954#3,71810#85173
1953#3,48011#85271
1952#2,80615#93258
1951#2,69415#85766
1950#5,3015#96052
1949#5,2445#78277
1948#2,97412#90258
1947#2,35418#84267
1946#3,4309#81964
1945#3,6767#86452
1944#4,0546#86154
1943#4,1966#83762
1942#2,98610#99145
1941#3,0309#88851
1940#3,5037#80260
1939#3,1458#81156
1938#2,57911#75266
1937#2,10115#78162
1936#3,7016#82555
1935#3,1568#80359
1934#2,42412#89749
1933#3,7536#86951
1932#2,49012#80263
1931#2,58111#92249
1930#3,3458#81563
1929#2,73711#80664
1928#2,38114#77570
1927#3,05310#79969
1926#2,70812#74973
1925#3,11610#75975
1924#3,3939#65796
1923#3,12510#83566
1922#2,47914#65197
1921#3,4009#72982
1920#2,89911#72480
1919#2,81311#69580
1918#2,67412#64790
1917#2,87910#64086
1916#3,9196#63085
1915#3,1348#64780
1914#2,26510#60569
1913#2,03410#62950
1912#1,71911#57449
1911#53331
1910#1,7738#44738
1909#46230
1908#49925
1907#1,3849#61617
1906#50320
1905#1,6966#45224
1904#37929
1903#1,7925#41123
1902#46021
1901#33429
1900#49022
1899#50215
1898#57314
1897#43819
1896#38026
1895#47618
1894#56713
1893#50914
1892#44519
1891#33326
1890#42418
1889#49814
1888#43019
1887#39218
1886#36922
1885#38821
1884#45017
1883#41218
1882#42618
1881#41617
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2019 at #297 (1,164 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 126 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,541
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.3% of all boys named Prince (8,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s180#369 (1886)#422
1890s182#333 (1891)#465
1900s240#334 (1901)#461
1910s658#447 (1910)#605
1920s772#651 (1922)#748
1930s573#752 (1938)#828
1940s590#782 (1949)#859
1950s669#840 (1957)#900
1960s551#906 (1964)#1,026
1970s602#914 (1979)#1,104
1980s1,526#588 (1984)#738
1990s1,251#847 (1998)#1,007
2000s2,336#691 (2009)#832
2010s8,095#297 (2019)#400
2020s5,376#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 1943

girls
#4,196
6 births · 1 in 232,549 girls
boys
#837
62 births · 1 in 23,021 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #4,196Prince6

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #837Prince62
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 232,549 of them was named Prince, which outranked 21.8% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prince
  1. #3,801Zannie7
  2. #3,801Zara7
  3. #3,801Zenith7
  4. #4,196Prince6
  5. #4,196Abelina6
  6. #4,196Adonna6
  7. #4,196Adrea6
  8. #4,691Adelyn5
  9. #4,691Adine5
  10. #4,691Adlean5

Tied with 494 names at #4,196; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 23,021 of them was named Prince, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prince
  1. #828Murphy63
  2. #828Parker63
  3. #828Zane63
  4. #837Prince62
  5. #837Denzil62
  6. #837Duwayne62
  7. #837Hermon62
  8. #846Arlan61
  9. #846Benton61
  10. #846Claudie61

Tied with 8 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943