Prince
Prince is ranked 404th among boys in 2024 (797 births). Its best rank was 297th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #404down 40 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7970.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20191,162 births
- Best rank
- #297in 2019
- Since 1880
- 23,434people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,884 boys have been named Prince in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,162 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 123 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 550 girls have also been given it, 2.3% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Prince | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 180 | |
| 1890s | 182 | |
| 1900s | 240 | |
| 1910s | 658 | |
| 1920s | 772 | |
| 1930s | 573 | |
| 1940s | 590 | |
| 1950s | 669 | |
| 1960s | 551 | |
| 1970s | 602 | |
| 1980s | 1,526 | |
| 1990s | 1,251 | |
| 2000s | 2,336 | |
| 2010s | 8,092 | |
| 2020s | 4,662 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Prince was the 297th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Prince
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lawsonpeak 2021
- Oliverpeak 2024
- Emersonpeak 2019
- Silaspeak 2024
- Hezekiahpeak 2024
- Elliottpeak 2019
- Jasperpeak 2023
- Dukepeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.