Princeton
#1,161 most common boys' name of all time · #2,756 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2025
Rank among boys
#1,161
Rank overall
#2,756 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
10,256
Since 2016
6,503
Peak year
2017 #402
Best rank
#402 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 793/yr
Princeton first appears in 1950. 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 | — | 422 | 422 | #655 |
| 2024 | — | 465 | 465 | #614 |
| 2023 | — | 533 | 533 | #549 |
| 2022 | — | 611 | 611 | #499 |
| 2021 | — | 626 | 626 | #478 |
| 2020 | — | 722 | 722 | #412 |
| 2019 | — | 768 | 768 | #405 |
| 2018 | — | 788 | 788 | #407 |
| 2017 | — | 793 | 793 | #402 |
| 2016 | — | 775 | 775 | #413 |
| 2015 | — | 714 | 714 | #431 |
| 2014 | — | 541 | 541 | #517 |
| 2013 | — | 389 | 389 | #637 |
| 2012 | — | 318 | 318 | #732 |
| 2011 | — | 202 | 202 | #974 |
| 2010 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,106 |
| 2009 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,294 |
| 2008 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,527 |
| 2007 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,747 |
| 2006 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,318 |
| 2005 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,268 |
| 2004 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,348 |
| 2003 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,748 |
| 2002 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,013 |
| 2000 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,831 |
| 1999 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,743 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,125 |
| 1997 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,636 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,892 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,240 |
| 1994 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,236 |
| 1993 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,183 |
| 1992 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,860 |
| 1991 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,407 |
| 1990 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,400 |
| 1989 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1988 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,415 |
| 1987 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,781 |
| 1986 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,506 |
| 1985 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,351 |
| 1984 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,678 |
| 1983 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,633 |
| 1982 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,243 |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,514 |
| 1980 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,257 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,610 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,998 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,239 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,121 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,916 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,378 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,358 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,848 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,512 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,356 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,828 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,807 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,586 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,244 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,850 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,283 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,201 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,675 |