Prince
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Prince is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “prince, ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 581st for boys in the UK (73 babies) and 447th for boys in the US (703 babies).
What does Prince mean?
English: word name, from Latin princeps
“prince, ruler”
From the English title, which comes from Latin princeps, meaning first in rank.
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Is Prince a girl's or a boy's name?
Prince is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the UK and 703 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prince in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #581among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the UK were named Prince, making it the 581st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 547th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 100 boys.
Half of all the boys named Prince in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 529th in England and Wales.
Prince in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #581 |
| 2024 | 74 | #574 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 70 | #597 |
| 2021 | 60 | #673 |
| 2020 | 77 | #547 |
| 2019 | 91 | #496 |
| 2018 | 77 | #559 |
| 2017 | 100 | #463 |
| 2016 | 81 | #544 |
| 2015 | 78 | #549 |
| 2014 | 78 | #548 |
| 2013 | 77 | #534 |
| 2012 | 82 | #516 |
| 2011 | 93 | #455 |
| 2010 | 89 | #463 |
| 2009 | 69 | #547 |
| 2008 | 70 | #544 |
| 2007 | 76 | #498 |
| 2006 | 77 | #463 |
| 2005 | 62 | #507 |
| 2004 | 70 | #435 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 31 | #692 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 28 | #688 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Prince in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #447among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 703about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 703 boys in the US were named Prince, making it the 447th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 315th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,164 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Prince than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Prince in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 747 boys in the US were given Prince or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #432, up from #447 for this spelling alone.
- Prince 703
- Prynce 44
Prince in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 703 | #447 |
| 2024 | 806 | #401 |
| 2023 | 894 | #364 |
| 2022 | 943 | #348 |
| 2021 | 978 | #332 |
| 2020 | 1,052 | #315 |
| 2019 | 1,164 | #297 |
| 2018 | 1,066 | #317 |
| 2017 | 988 | #345 |
| 2016 | 1,012 | #343 |
| 2015 | 830 | #386 |
| 2014 | 755 | #411 |
| 2013 | 634 | #450 |
| 2012 | 594 | #458 |
| 2011 | 551 | #479 |
| 2010 | 501 | #513 |
| 2009 | 351 | #691 |
| 2008 | 302 | #746 |
| 2007 | 273 | #789 |
| 2006 | 247 | #823 |
| 2005 | 232 | #814 |
| 2004 | 228 | #790 |
| 2003 | 202 | #854 |
| 2002 | 161 | #975 |
| 2001 | 164 | #943 |
| 2000 | 176 | #888 |
| 1999 | 152 | #949 |
| 1998 | 172 | #846 |
| 1997 | 123 | #1,038 |
| 1996 | 96 | #1,186 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,164 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,003 |
| 1992 | 129 | #941 |
| 1991 | 135 | #900 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 |
| 1989 | 134 | #867 |
| 1988 | 138 | #805 |
| 1987 | 122 | #845 |
| 1986 | 150 | #741 |
| 1985 | 195 | #630 |
| 1984 | 206 | #588 |
| 1983 | 167 | #662 |
| 1982 | 137 | #755 |
| 1981 | 146 | #714 |
| 1980 | 131 | #764 |
| 1979 | 92 | #914 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,011 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,030 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,073 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,163 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,159 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1968 | 55 | #996 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1964 | 70 | #906 |
| 1963 | 64 | #935 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,051 |
| 1960 | 61 | #972 |
| 1959 | 64 | #963 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 81 | #839 |
| 1956 | 74 | #867 |
| 1955 | 75 | #846 |
| 1954 | 73 | #850 |
| 1953 | 71 | #851 |
| 1952 | 58 | #931 |
| 1951 | 66 | #856 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 77 | #781 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 |
| 1947 | 67 | #841 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 54 | #861 |
| 1943 | 62 | #837 |
| 1942 | 45 | #991 |
| 1941 | 51 | #888 |
| 1940 | 60 | #802 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 66 | #752 |
| 1937 | 62 | #781 |
| 1936 | 55 | #825 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 49 | #897 |
| 1933 | 51 | #869 |
| 1932 | 63 | #802 |
| 1931 | 49 | #922 |
| 1930 | 63 | #815 |
| 1929 | 64 | #806 |
| 1928 | 70 | #775 |
| 1927 | 69 | #799 |
| 1926 | 73 | #749 |
| 1925 | 75 | #759 |
| 1924 | 96 | #657 |
| 1923 | 66 | #835 |
| 1922 | 97 | #651 |
| 1921 | 82 | #729 |
| 1920 | 80 | #724 |
| 1919 | 80 | #695 |
| 1918 | 90 | #647 |
| 1917 | 86 | #640 |
| 1916 | 85 | #630 |
| 1915 | 80 | #647 |
| 1914 | 69 | #605 |
| 1913 | 50 | #629 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 |
| 1911 | 31 | #533 |
| 1910 | 38 | #447 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 25 | #499 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 20 | #503 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | 26 | #333 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 22 | #369 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | 17 | #416 |
| 1880 | 16 | #442 |
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