Princess
Princess is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 211 births. Its best rank was 613th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2006400 births
- Best rank
- #613in 1986
- Since 1895
- 15,762people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,762 girls have been named Princess in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 400 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 21%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Princess | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 53 | |
| 1910s | 145 | |
| 1920s | 190 | |
| 1930s | 156 | |
| 1940s | 271 | |
| 1950s | 488 | |
| 1960s | 865 | |
| 1970s | 845 | |
| 1980s | 2,495 | |
| 1990s | 2,412 | |
| 2000s | 3,260 | |
| 2010s | 3,143 | |
| 2020s | 1,422 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Princess was the 713th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Princess
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Francescapeak 2024
- Elisiapeak 2000
- Elysiapeak 2002
- Saidapeak 2008
- Kateripeak 1980
- Noemipeak 2023
- Shoshanapeak 2022
- Anpeak 2010
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.