Girls' name · since 2013
Prim
245 babies named Prim in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
245 babies have been named Prim since 2013, making it today's #4978 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prim has been recorded 245 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #4978 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #17,800 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 245 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prim ranks #17,800 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 245 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Prim's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Prim compares
245 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Prim's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Prim | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 245 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Prim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Prim splits its recorded history at 2019: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (8 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Prim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Prim by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Prim's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Prim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Prim's data
- Prim's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (120) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Prim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Prim draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.