Princeton — #614 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Princeton

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,828 babies named Princeton between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Princeton currently holds the #614 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 793 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Princeton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Princeton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 981 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Princeton in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Princeton 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 9,828 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.