Primus
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 199since 1881
Primus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Primus has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | — | |
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| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Primus! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Primus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Primus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Primus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 1882
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1881–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,147
- Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Primus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 24.1% of all boys named Primus (48) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #905 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 18 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,888 |
| 1920s | 48 | #2,765 (1920) | #3,579 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,592 (1930) | #3,684 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,458 |
| 1950s | 39 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,340 |
| 1960s | 5 | #3,966 (1967) | #3,966 |
| 1970s | 26 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,981 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,491 (2009) | #12,491 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,803 (2019) | #10,803 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
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