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Princess Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Princess?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Princess, ranked the 744th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Princess has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #613 in 1986.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2006 with 400 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Princess was less than 5, most recently in 1907.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Princess occurred roughly during the years 1912-1915, 1934-1937, 1938-1941, 1944-1948, 1954-1959, 1975-1984, and 2013-2016.

Sometimes the name Princess has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Princess's popularity has been moving upward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Princess for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Princess?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

The name Princess still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Princess (Girl)Princess (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 370 744 < 5 --
2017 379 743 < 5 --
2016 373 764 < 5 --
2015 270 997 < 5 --
2014 257 1,014 < 5 --
2013 256 981 < 5 --
2012 247 1,026 < 5 --
2011 307 860 < 5 --
2010 295 896 < 5 --
2009 301 904 < 5 --
2008 291 936 < 5 --
2007 347 830 < 5 --
2006 400 712 < 5 --
2005 371 731 < 5 --
2004 353 745 < 5 --
2003 383 686 < 5 --
2002 269 860 < 5 --
2001 263 871 < 5 --
2000 279 813 < 5 --
1999 261 829 < 5 --
1998 270 795 < 5 --
1997 239 854 < 5 --
1996 212 925 < 5 --
1995 216 882 < 5 --
1994 210 910 < 5 --
1993 253 799 < 5 --
1992 228 871 < 5 --
1991 251 820 < 5 --
1990 272 760 < 5 --
1989 301 679 7 6,748
1988 279 691 < 5 --
1987 238 757 < 5 --
1986 313 613 < 5 --
1985 267 678 < 5 --
1984 262 664 < 5 --
1983 252 678 < 5 --
1982 220 754 < 5 --
1981 187 839 < 5 --
1980 175 878 < 5 --
1979 149 968 < 5 --
1978 107 1,179 < 5 --
1977 89 1,308 < 5 --
1976 70 1,492 < 5 --
1975 73 1,438 < 5 --
1974 80 1,332 < 5 --
1973 76 1,337 < 5 --
1972 58 1,587 < 5 --
1971 73 1,435 < 5 --
1970 70 1,462 < 5 --
1969 53 1,661 < 5 --
1968 65 1,398 < 5 --
1967 87 1,139 < 5 --
1966 89 1,128 < 5 --
1965 95 1,075 < 5 --
1964 99 1,099 < 5 --
1963 108 1,031 < 5 --
1962 93 1,135 < 5 --
1961 94 1,134 < 5 --
1960 82 1,210 < 5 --
1959 90 1,126 < 5 --
1958 64 1,327 < 5 --
1957 46 1,603 < 5 --
1956 51 1,502 < 5 --
1955 52 1,400 < 5 --
1954 38 1,667 < 5 --
1953 42 1,522 < 5 --
1952 34 1,703 < 5 --
1951 38 1,551 < 5 --
1950 33 1,646 < 5 --
1949 33 1,652 < 5 --
1948 44 1,402 < 5 --
1947 30 1,780 < 5 --
1946 28 1,711 < 5 --
1945 25 1,694 < 5 --
1944 23 1,786 < 5 --
1943 24 1,783 < 5 --
1942 19 2,029 < 5 --
1941 25 1,596 < 5 --
1940 20 1,833 < 5 --
1939 17 2,019 < 5 --
1938 13 2,420 < 5 --
1937 21 1,723 < 5 --
1936 16 2,010 < 5 --
1935 13 2,413 < 5 --
1934 14 2,269 < 5 --
1933 15 2,131 < 5 --
1932 19 1,865 < 5 --
1931 15 2,189 < 5 --
1930 13 2,536 < 5 --
1929 12 2,701 < 5 --
1928 13 2,595 < 5 --
1927 20 2,011 < 5 --
1926 13 2,684 < 5 --
1925 23 1,837 < 5 --
1924 23 1,855 < 5 --
1923 18 2,151 < 5 --
1922 21 1,947 < 5 --
1921 24 1,813 < 5 --
1920 23 1,799 < 5 --
1919 20 1,908 < 5 --
1918 14 2,484 < 5 --
1917 22 1,698 < 5 --
1916 15 2,223 < 5 --
1915 25 1,470 < 5 --
1914 14 1,887 < 5 --
1913 7 2,761 < 5 --
1912 7 2,584 < 5 --
1911 11 1,525 < 5 --
1910 10 1,605 < 5 --
1909 7 1,924 < 5 --
1908 10 1,421 < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 10 1,300 < 5 --
1905 5 2,172 < 5 --
1904 7 1,626 < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 6 1,751 < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 8 1,538 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 5 1,914 < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 6 1,551 < 5 --
1895 6 1,559 < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.