Princeston — #5734 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Princeston

The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Princeston between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Princeston currently holds the #5734 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Princeston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Princeston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Princeston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Princeston 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 381 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.