Princessa — girls' name
167 babies named Princessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Princessa was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Princessa in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Princessa
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Princessa between 1979 and 2014, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Princessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Princessa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Princessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Princessa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Princessa 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 167 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.
Princessa at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Princessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1979
- Peak year (2004)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
167 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 37 births in a single year.
Princessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 69% of Princessa's all-time total
Princessa decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Princessa's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Princessa by state
Where Princessa concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 19 | 11.4% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 9.6% |
19 of 167 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- California 9.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–2014 (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.