Boys' name · peaked in 2019
Prince name popularity since 1925
22,311 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Prince (1.8% girls, 98.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Prince is about 12 years old in 2026. Prince peaked in 2019 as the #297 name for boys, and it ranked #447 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,311
- Named Prince, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #447
- for boys in 2025 (703 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% boys
- 391 girls · 21,920 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.57× its national share
Peak year is the year Prince made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Prince births per year, 1925–2025
2019 was the biggest year for Prince both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, Prince's share of baby boys fell by 42%, from 1 in 9,480 to 1 in 16,300.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, it became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 8,320 baby boys to 1 in 3,450.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Prince's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Prince.
Decade by decade
Babies named Prince in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 57 | 351 | – |
| 1930s | 97 | 573 | #811 |
| 1940s | 89 | 590 | #879 |
| 1950s | 97 | 669 | #851 |
| 1960s | 31 | 551 | #1,078 |
| 1970s | 5 | 602 | #1,421 |
| 1980s | 10 | 1,526 | #630 |
| 1990s | 5 | 1,251 | #1,117 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,336 | #815 |
| 2010s | 0 | 8,095 | #386 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 5,376 | #447 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
53.0% of babies named Prince from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Prince is most popular
The index compares Prince's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Prince.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.57× | 1,338 |
| Florida | 2.56× | 1,739 |
| South Carolina | 2.20× | 580 |
| North Carolina | 1.79× | 955 |
| Mississippi | 1.69× | 385 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Prince's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Prince.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Prince (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data