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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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 1957

girls
#4,918
7 births · 1 in 292,122 girls
boys
#840
81 births · 1 in 26,633 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #4,918Prince7

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #840Prince81
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 292,122 of them was named Prince, which outranked 29.9% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prince
  1. #4,536Yong8
  2. #4,536Ysabel8
  3. #4,536Zenda8
  4. #4,918Prince7
  5. #4,918Adah7
  6. #4,918Adline7
  7. #4,918Adonica7
  8. #5,377Abbye6
  9. #5,377Adam6
  10. #5,377Adelfa6

Tied with 458 names at #4,918; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 26,633 of them was named Prince, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prince
  1. #835Micky82
  2. #835Quinton82
  3. #835Rayford82
  4. #840Prince81
  5. #840Domenic81
  6. #842Clair80
  7. #842Cody80
  8. #842Lupe80

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957