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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #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.

Where Prince is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1888

boys
#430
19 births · 1 in 6,361 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #430Prince19
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 6,361 of them was named Prince, which outranked 63.5% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Prince
  1. #416Saul20
  2. #416Steven20
  3. #416Troy20
  4. #430Prince19
  5. #430Adrian19
  6. #430Carlton19
  7. #430Davis19
  8. #442Adolphus18
  9. #442Albin18
  10. #442Alton18

Tied with 11 names at #430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →