Boys' name · since 2012
Princeten
Princeten has 21 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,789 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,174 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
21 babies have been named Princeten since 2012, making it today's #13174 boys' name.
Princeten has 21 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13174 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #28,789 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,174 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Princeten ranks #28,789 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,174 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,789 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,174 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Princeten's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Princeten compares
21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Princeten's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Princeten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Princeten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Princeten's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Princeten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Princeten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Princeten's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Princeten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Princeten's data
- Princeten's decade-level peak was the 2010s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Princeten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Princeten 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.