Prince Boy
How popular is Prince?
#447 boy name in 2025
703 baby boys were named Prince in the US in 2025, making it the 447th most popular boy name.
Prince popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #447 for boys (▼ 46 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 703 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #386 in 2015, #315 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,164 boys) |
| Highest rank | #297 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Prince counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Prince family of names ranked #420 for boys in 2025 (#383 the year before), with 747 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Prince | 703 | 94% |
| Prynce | 44 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Prince is most popular
Babies named Prince per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 1.5 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 (292 boys)
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- Delaware: 1.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (100 boys)
Prince by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 180 | #369 |
| 1890s | 182 | #333 |
| 1900s | 240 | #334 |
| 1910s | 658 | #447 |
| 1920s | 772 | #651 |
| 1930s | 573 | #752 |
| 1940s | 590 | #781 |
| 1950s | 669 | #839 |
| 1960s | 551 | #906 |
| 1970s | 602 | #914 |
| 1980s | 1,526 | #588 |
| 1990s | 1,251 | #846 |
| 2000s | 2,336 | #691 |
| 2010s | 8,095 | #297 |
| 2020s | 5,376 | #315 |
Boy names about as popular as Prince
Questions
- Is Prince a boy or girl name?
- Prince is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Prince were boys.
- How popular is the name Prince?
- 703 baby boys were named Prince in the US in 2025, making it the 447th most popular boy name.
- When was Prince most popular?
- Prince peaked in 2019, when 1,164 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #297 in 2019.
- How many people are named Prince?
- 24,151 babies have been named Prince in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,430 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Prince most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Prince was most common in District of Columbia, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.