Princess
#1,120 for girls in 2025, 209 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 313 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,975since 1895
Princess over time
Rank among girls' names. Princess has never cracked the top 600 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 | #1,120 | 209 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,140 | 212 | — | |
| 2023 | #921 | 288 | — | |
| 2022 | #963 | 278 | — | |
| 2021 | #891 | 303 | — | |
| 2020 | #795 | 343 | — | |
| 2019 | #765 | 365 | — | |
| 2018 | #743 | 373 | — | |
| 2017 | #739 | 383 | — | |
| 2016 | #757 | 377 | — | |
| 2015 | #985 | 274 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,008 | 259 | — | |
| 2013 | #971 | 259 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,014 | 249 | — | |
| 2011 | #852 | 309 | — | |
| 2010 | #892 | 297 | — | |
| 2009 | #898 | 304 | — | |
| 2008 | #935 | 291 | — | |
| 2007 | #826 | 347 | — | |
| 2006 | #713 | 400 | — | |
| 2005 | #730 | 371 | — | |
| 2004 | #744 | 353 | — | |
| 2003 | #685 | 383 | — | |
| 2002 | #856 | 269 | — | |
| 2001 | #870 | 263 | — | |
| 2000 | #811 | 279 | — | |
| 1999 | #827 | 261 | — | |
| 1998 | #793 | 270 | — | |
| 1997 | #855 | 239 | — | |
| 1996 | #923 | 212 | — | |
| 1995 | #881 | 216 | — | |
| 1994 | #908 | 210 | — | |
| 1993 | #799 | 253 | — | |
| 1992 | #865 | 228 | — | |
| 1991 | #819 | 251 | — | |
| 1990 | #758 | 272 | — | |
| 1989 | #678 | 301 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #685 | 280 | — | |
| 1987 | #754 | 238 | — | |
| 1986 | #613 | 313 | — | |
| 1985 | #675 | 267 | — | |
| 1984 | #664 | 262 | — | |
| 1983 | #677 | 252 | — | |
| 1982 | #753 | 220 | — | |
| 1981 | #835 | 187 | — | |
| 1980 | #875 | 175 | — | |
| 1979 | #966 | 149 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,176 | 107 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,303 | 89 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,430 | 73 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,323 | 80 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,329 | 76 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,578 | 58 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,452 | 70 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,133 | 87 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,075 | 95 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,097 | 99 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,026 | 108 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,138 | 92 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,126 | 95 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,126 | 90 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,322 | 64 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Princess! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Princess is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#503 · 1 in 4,950
- Tennessee#546 · 1 in 6,035
- Virginia#597 · 1 in 8,033
- Alabama#607 · 1 in 6,872
- North Carolina#623 · 1 in 8,129
Best ever in a state: #196 in Mississippi, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #503 | 9 | 1 in 4,950 |
| Tennessee | #546 | 6 | 1 in 6,035 |
| Virginia | #597 | 5 | 1 in 8,033 |
| Alabama | #607 | 5 | 1 in 6,872 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 8,129 |
| Louisiana | #694 | 5 | 1 in 7,609 |
| Ohio | #970 | 5 | 1 in 20,848 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
| Texas | #1,210 | 6 | 1 in 18,626 |
| New York | #1,333 | 5 | 1 in 33,594 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Princess
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,140 → #1,120)
- 325 spots since 2020 (#795 → #1,120)
- 135 spots since 2015 (#985 → #1,120)
- Biggest jump: 228 spots in 2016 (#985 → #757)
- Biggest drop: 219 spots in 2024 (#921 → #1,140)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1986 at #613 (313 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1979–2011
- Highest: 1 in 4,508 girls born in 2017 were named Princess (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,690 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #613 in 1986, was only 1 in 5,481 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.4% of all girls named Princess (3,260) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #1,416 (1896) | #1,514 |
| 1900s | 53 | #1,229 (1906) | #1,542 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,439 (1915) | #1,914 |
| 1920s | 190 | #1,751 (1920) | #2,070 |
| 1930s | 156 | #1,679 (1937) | #2,081 |
| 1940s | 271 | #1,386 (1948) | #1,694 |
| 1950s | 488 | #1,126 (1959) | #1,488 |
| 1960s | 865 | #1,026 (1963) | #1,195 |
| 1970s | 845 | #966 (1979) | #1,347 |
| 1980s | 2,495 | #613 (1986) | #721 |
| 1990s | 2,412 | #758 (1990) | #843 |
| 2000s | 3,260 | #685 (2003) | #807 |
| 2010s | 3,145 | #739 (2017) | #873 |
| 2020s | 1,633 | #795 (2020) | #972 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Princess in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 21,247 of them was named Princess, which outranked 85.0% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,122Karlene96
- #1,122Unknown96
- #1,122Val96
- #1,126Princess95
- #1,126Beulah95
- #1,126Brigid95
- #1,126Carolann95
- #1,132Carlotta94
- #1,132Gary94
- #1,132Gaylene94
Tied with 5 names at #1,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.