Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Princess

#1,200 most common girls' name of all time · #2,121 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · 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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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