Princes — girls' name
81 babies named Princes in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Princes was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Princes in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Princes
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Princes between 1982 and 2006, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Princes currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Princes performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Princes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Princes 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 81 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.
Princes at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Princes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1982
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
81 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Princes by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 43% of Princes's all-time total
Princes decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Princes's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1982–2006 (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.