Prim
Girl · PRIM · English
Prim is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “first rose”. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Prim mean?
English: short form of Primrose; also an English word
“first rose”
Short form of Primrose; Prim Everdeen is Katniss's younger sister in The Hunger Games.
- Say it
- PRIM
Is Prim a girl's or a boy's name?
Prim is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Prim, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. It first appears in the records in 2013.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Prim of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Prim in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prim in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
Names like Prim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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