Princeton
- #652 for boys in 2025, 422 births
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 793 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,256since 1950
Princeton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Princeton has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #652 | 422 |
| 2024 | #613 | 465 |
| 2023 | #549 | 533 |
| 2022 | #499 | 611 |
| 2021 | #477 | 626 |
| 2020 | #412 | 722 |
| 2019 | #405 | 768 |
| 2018 | #406 | 788 |
| 2017 | #402 | 793 |
| 2016 | #413 | 775 |
| 2015 | #430 | 714 |
| 2014 | #517 | 541 |
| 2013 | #634 | 389 |
| 2012 | #731 | 318 |
| 2011 | #974 | 202 |
| 2010 | #1,105 | 173 |
| 2009 | #1,290 | 136 |
| 2008 | #1,523 | 106 |
| 2007 | #1,741 | 85 |
| 2006 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | #2,344 | 48 |
| 2003 | #2,729 | 36 |
| 2002 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 44 |
| 1991 | #1,396 | 66 |
| 1990 | #1,395 | 64 |
| 1989 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #1,404 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
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| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Princeton! It came in at #3,329, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Princeton is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Mississippi#259 · 1 in 903
- Georgia#286 · 1 in 1,168
- Arkansas#332 · 1 in 1,259
- Louisiana#376 · 1 in 1,472
- South Carolina#385 · 1 in 1,631
Best ever in a state: #76 in Mississippi, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
| Georgia | #286 | 43 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Arkansas | #332 | 10 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 13 | 1 in 1,472 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 13 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Tennessee | #398 | 20 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Alabama | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Ohio | #427 | 25 | 1 in 2,101 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Kentucky | #485 | 9 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Michigan | #487 | 17 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Florida | #585 | 29 | 1 in 3,294 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| North Carolina | #621 | 15 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Texas | #789 | 34 | 1 in 5,149 |
| Arizona | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,454 |
| New York | #914 | 14 | 1 in 6,030 |
| California | #934 | 24 | 1 in 7,311 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Princeton
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 240 spots since 2020 (#412 → #652)
- Biggest jump: 243 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 2017 at #402 (793 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,305
- Highest: 1 in 2,305 boys born in 2018 were named Princeton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #402 in 2017, was only 1 in 2,334 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 53.2% of all boys named Princeton (5,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 30 | #3,037 (1959) | #3,486 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,599 |
| 1970s | 65 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,309 |
| 1980s | 347 | #1,333 (1985) | #1,971 |
| 1990s | 370 | #1,395 (1990) | #2,446 |
| 2000s | 580 | #1,290 (2009) | #2,484 |
| 2010s | 5,461 | #402 (2017) | #602 |
| 2020s | 3,379 | #412 (2020) | #534 |
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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