# Prince (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prince/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,601 / 550 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,855, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 11 | 3,629 |
| 1954 | 10 | 3,903 |
| 1955 | 9 | 4,302 |
| 1956 | 9 | 4,390 |
| 1957 | 7 | 5,255 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,279 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4,546 |
| 1960 | 10 | 4,386 |
| 1961 | 10 | 4,467 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,571 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,565 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,248 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,511 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,276 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,761 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 551 | 479 |
| 2012 | 594 | 458 |
| 2013 | 634 | 450 |
| 2014 | 755 | 411 |
| 2015 | 830 | 386 |
| 2016 | 1,012 | 343 |
| 2017 | 988 | 345 |
| 2018 | 1,066 | 317 |
| 2019 | 1,164 | 297 |
| 2020 | 1,052 | 315 |
| 2021 | 978 | 333 |
| 2022 | 943 | 349 |
| 2023 | 894 | 364 |
| 2024 | 806 | 401 |
| 2025 | 703 | 447 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 431 |
| 2012 | 78 | 490 |
| 2013 | 75 | 500 |
| 2014 | 78 | 502 |
| 2015 | 77 | 500 |
| 2016 | 81 | 501 |
| 2017 | 96 | 439 |
| 2018 | 75 | 520 |
| 2019 | 88 | 459 |
| 2020 | 76 | 500 |
| 2021 | 59 | 627 |
| 2022 | 67 | 561 |
| 2023 | 58 | 614 |
| 2024 | 70 | 545 |
| 2025 | 73 | 529 |

## People named Prince

- Prince, American musician (1958–2016)
- Prince Oniangue, Congolese and French footballer
- Prince Fielder, American baseball player
- Prince Segbefia, footballer
- Prince Amartey, boxer (1944–2022)
- Prince-Désir Gouano, French footballer
- Prince Yahshua, American pornographic film actor & director
- Prince Hall, Founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry
- Prince Owusu, German association football player
- Prince Lasha, American jazz musician (1929–2008)
- Prince Ibeh, American basketball player
- Prince Ital Joe, Dominican singer (1963–2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.