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Princess

Gender
Girl
Say it
prin-SES
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,019 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,120 for girls

Princess is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “king's daughter, royal lady”. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 1,120th for girls in the US (209 babies).

What does Princess mean?

English: word name

“king's daughter, royal lady”

An English royal title used as a given name, ultimately from Latin princeps, first in rank.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Princess a girl's or a boy's name?

Princess is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK and 209 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Princess in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,019th among girls
Babies in 2025
36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Princess, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 776th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 149 girls.

Half of all the girls named Princess in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 149 in 20102025
Princess in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202536#1,019
202445#873
202345#856
202238#974
202135#1,054
202052#776
201940#960
201858#744
201766#683
201663#720
201574#624
201473#618
201368#651
2012100#485
2011122#415
2010149#342
2009113#423
200879#536
200783#506
200660#615
200549#687
200445#698
200337#783
200218#1,225
200123#1,013
200029#854
199919#1,149
199823#1,015
199718#1,164
199612#1,520

How popular is Princess in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,120th among girls
Babies in 2025
209 about 1 in 7,700 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 209 girls in the US were named Princess, making it the 1,120th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 795th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 400 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.

2025 had fewer girls named Princess than any year since 1981.

Half of all the girls named Princess in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1895Busiest: 400 in 20062025
Princess in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025209#1,120
2024212#1,140
2023288#921
2022278#963
2021303#891
2020343#795
2019365#765
2018373#743
2017383#739
2016377#757
2015274#985
2014259#1,008
2013259#971
2012249#1,014
2011309#852
2010297#892
2009304#898
2008291#935
2007347#826
2006400#713
2005371#730
2004353#744
2003383#685
2002269#856
2001263#870
2000279#811
1999261#826
1998270#793
1997239#855
1996212#922
1995216#878
1994210#907
1993253#798
1992228#863
1991251#817
1990272#757
1989301#677
1988280#685
1987238#754
1986313#613
1985267#675
1984262#664
1983252#677
1982220#753
1981187#835
1980175#875
1979149#966
1978107#1,176
197789#1,303
197670#1,482
197573#1,430
197480#1,323
197376#1,329
197258#1,578
197173#1,427
197070#1,452
196953#1,648
196865#1,387
196787#1,133
196689#1,119
196595#1,075
196499#1,097
1963108#1,026
196292#1,138
196195#1,125
196082#1,198
195990#1,125
195864#1,321
195746#1,587
195651#1,479
195552#1,382
195438#1,647
195342#1,502
195234#1,679
195138#1,527
195033#1,625
194933#1,626
194844#1,385
194730#1,751
194628#1,677
194525#1,659
194423#1,741
194324#1,750
194219#1,980
194125#1,569
194020#1,792
193917#1,947
193813#2,340
193721#1,679
193616#1,950
193513#2,304
193414#2,186
193315#2,051
193219#1,816
193115#2,104
193013#2,424
192912#2,586
192813#2,496
192720#1,934
192613#2,568
192523#1,794
192423#1,810
192318#2,091
192221#1,897
192124#1,765
192023#1,751
191920#1,855
191814#2,375
191722#1,652
191615#2,133
191525#1,439
191414#1,818
19137#2,538
19127#2,359
191111#1,450
191010#1,521
19097#1,763
190810#1,357
19070–
190610#1,229
19055#1,930
19047#1,485
19030–
19026#1,593
19010–
19008#1,430
18990–
18985#1,699
18970–
18966#1,416
18956#1,426

Names like Princess

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Piper, Autumn, Scarlett, Mia, Lily, Willow, Ivy, Ava, Harper, Lara, Iris, Zara

Names related to Princess

Pryncess, Princesa, Princessa

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Princess: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/princess, updated 20 October 2026.