Prince
Prince was given to 703 boys in 2025, #447 among boys’ names; 24,151 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 20,300 Americans named Prince and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 6 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Prince by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Prince mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Prince is “a male given name from English in occasional use.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Prince?
#447 among boys’ names, 2025
Prince fell from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.43 to 0.41 per 1,000.
1,164 babies in 2019, the peak
Prince peaked in 2019, when 1,164 boys were given it, #297 among boys’ names. The 703 births of 2025 are 60% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 703 | #447 | 0.41 |
| 2024 | 806 | #401 | 0.47 |
| 2023 | 894 | #364 | 0.52 |
| 2022 | 943 | #349 | 0.54 |
| 2021 | 978 | #333 | 0.56 |
| 2020 | 1,052 | #315 | 0.61 |
| 2019 | 1,164 | #297 | 0.65 |
| 2018 | 1,066 | #317 | 0.59 |
| 2017 | 988 | #345 | 0.53 |
| 2016 | 1,012 | #343 | 0.53 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 830 | #386 | 0.43 |
| 2014 | 755 | #411 | 0.39 |
| 2013 | 634 | #450 | 0.34 |
| 2012 | 594 | #458 | 0.31 |
| 2011 | 551 | #479 | 0.29 |
| 2010 | 501 | #515 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 351 | #692 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 302 | #748 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 273 | #791 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 247 | #826 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 232 | #815 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 228 | #794 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 202 | #855 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 161 | #981 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 164 | #946 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 176 | #889 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 152 | #952 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 172 | #851 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 123 | #1,041 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 96 | #1,190 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,113 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,171 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,010 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 129 | #946 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 135 | #901 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 126 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 134 | #871 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 138 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 122 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 150 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 195 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1984 | 206 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 167 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 137 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 146 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 131 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 92 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,143 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,194 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,002 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,110 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,078 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 70 | #911 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 64 | #944 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 63 | #963 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,054 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 61 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 64 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,034 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 81 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 74 | #872 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 75 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 73 | #860 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 71 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 58 | #935 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 66 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 52 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 77 | #786 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 58 | #907 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 67 | #849 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 64 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 52 | #879 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 54 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 62 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 51 | #894 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 60 | #808 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 56 | #817 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 66 | #754 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 62 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 55 | #826 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 59 | #811 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 49 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 51 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 63 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 49 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 63 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 64 | #811 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 70 | #778 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 69 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 73 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 75 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 96 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 66 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 97 | #652 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 82 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 80 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 80 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 90 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 86 | #644 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 85 | #633 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 80 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 69 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 50 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 49 | #579 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 31 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 38 | #451 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 30 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 25 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 17 | #630 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 20 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 24 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 29 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1903 | 23 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 21 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 29 | #345 | 0.27 |
| 1900 | 22 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 15 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 14 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 19 | #454 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 26 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 18 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 13 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 14 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 19 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 26 | #338 | 0.26 |
| 1890 | 18 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1889 | 14 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 19 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 18 | #402 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 22 | #378 | 0.20 |
| 1885 | 21 | #394 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 17 | #465 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 18 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 18 | #435 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 17 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 16 | #459 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Prince a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 24,151 Americans recorded as Prince, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 703 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Prince: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Prince, and how old are they?
20,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 24,151 Americans ever recorded as Prince. The median Prince alive today is 11 years old; half are between 6 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 16,301 people named Prince (271 women and girls, 16,030 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,612 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 238 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 950 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 873 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Prince born?
The states with the most babies named Prince are Texas, Florida and New York, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 68 | #497 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 62 | #319 | 1.5× |
| New York | 57 | #320 | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 52 | #238 | 2.0× |
| North Carolina | 43 | #292 | 1.4× |
| California | 40 | #692 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 30 | #376 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #413 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 25 | #441 | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 21 | #363 | 0.5× |
Where Prince is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Prince is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Prince with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 24,802 babies since 1880, Prince is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 703 of their 747 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Prince
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Prince and names like it
- Compare Prince and PrynceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sPrince peaked in 2019.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Prince since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Prince: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Prince.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Prince alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with PMost given first.