Princess
#1,200 most common girls' name of all time · #2,121 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1895–2025
Rank among girls
#1,200
Rank overall
#2,121 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
15,982
Since 2016
3,131
Peak year
2006 #713
Best rank
#613 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 400/yr
Princess first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,121 |
| 2024 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,140 |
| 2023 | 288 | — | 288 | #921 |
| 2022 | 278 | — | 278 | #963 |
| 2021 | 303 | — | 303 | #891 |
| 2020 | 343 | — | 343 | #795 |
| 2019 | 365 | — | 365 | #765 |
| 2018 | 373 | — | 373 | #743 |
| 2017 | 383 | — | 383 | #740 |
| 2016 | 377 | — | 377 | #757 |
| 2015 | 274 | — | 274 | #986 |
| 2014 | 259 | — | 259 | #1,008 |
| 2013 | 259 | — | 259 | #973 |
| 2012 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,014 |
| 2011 | 309 | — | 309 | #853 |
| 2010 | 297 | — | 297 | #892 |
| 2009 | 304 | — | 304 | #899 |
| 2008 | 291 | — | 291 | #936 |
| 2007 | 347 | — | 347 | #828 |
| 2006 | 400 | — | 400 | #713 |
| 2005 | 371 | — | 371 | #731 |
| 2004 | 353 | — | 353 | #744 |
| 2003 | 383 | — | 383 | #685 |
| 2002 | 269 | — | 269 | #857 |
| 2001 | 263 | — | 263 | #871 |
| 2000 | 279 | — | 279 | #812 |
| 1999 | 261 | — | 261 | #828 |
| 1998 | 270 | — | 270 | #794 |
| 1997 | 239 | — | 239 | #855 |
| 1996 | 212 | — | 212 | #923 |
| 1995 | 216 | — | 216 | #881 |
| 1994 | 210 | — | 210 | #908 |
| 1993 | 253 | — | 253 | #799 |
| 1992 | 228 | — | 228 | #866 |
| 1991 | 251 | — | 251 | #819 |
| 1990 | 272 | — | 272 | #759 |
| 1989 | 301 | 7 | 308 | #679 |
| 1988 | 280 | — | 280 | #687 |
| 1987 | 238 | — | 238 | #756 |
| 1986 | 313 | — | 313 | #613 |
| 1985 | 267 | — | 267 | #676 |
| 1984 | 262 | — | 262 | #664 |
| 1983 | 252 | — | 252 | #678 |
| 1982 | 220 | — | 220 | #754 |
| 1981 | 187 | — | 187 | #837 |
| 1980 | 175 | — | 175 | #877 |
| 1979 | 149 | — | 149 | #968 |
| 1978 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,179 |
| 1977 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,306 |
| 1976 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,483 |
| 1975 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,431 |
| 1974 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,328 |
| 1973 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,331 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,582 |
| 1971 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,434 |
| 1970 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,456 |
| 1969 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,655 |
| 1968 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,395 |
| 1967 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,135 |
| 1966 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,123 |
| 1965 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,076 |
| 1964 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,100 |
| 1963 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,030 |
| 1962 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,140 |
| 1961 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,129 |
| 1960 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,203 |
| 1959 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,128 |
| 1958 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,324 |
| 1957 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,601 |
| 1956 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,487 |
| 1955 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,391 |
| 1954 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,657 |
| 1953 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,517 |
| 1952 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,538 |
| 1950 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,634 |
| 1949 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,644 |
| 1948 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,396 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,765 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,694 |
| 1945 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,670 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,766 |
| 1943 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,769 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,011 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,589 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,816 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,987 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,387 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,704 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,987 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,243 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,099 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,149 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,493 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,642 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,542 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,980 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,623 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,822 |
| 1924 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,847 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,127 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,921 |
| 1921 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,790 |
| 1920 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,788 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,897 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,442 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,689 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,188 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1914 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,861 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,657 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,483 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,518 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,603 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,880 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,423 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,300 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,102 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,620 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,744 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,542 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,890 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,557 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,585 |