Prim — #5275 US girls' name
217 babies named Prim in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Prim was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Prim in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prim
The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Prim between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prim currently holds the #5275 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Prim shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prim in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 217 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Prim at a glance
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Current rank
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Prim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2017)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #5275 among girls.
217 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 26 births in a single year.
Prim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 125 births that decade — 58% of Prim's all-time total
Prim decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Prim's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.