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Princeton

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#652 for boys

Princeton is a boys' name, meaning “town”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 652nd for boys in the US (422 babies).

What does Princeton mean?

“town”

A male given name.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Princeton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 422 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Princeton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Princeton, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Princeton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2012Busiest: 9 in 20222025
Princeton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20243#5,198
20236#3,279
20229#2,457
20210–
20201#6,143
20194#4,126
20186#3,162
20175#3,608
20165#3,655
20153#4,955
20140–
20134#4,008
20126#3,167

How popular is Princeton in the US?

Rank in 2025
#652among boys
Babies in 2025
422about 1 in 4,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 422 boys in the US were named Princeton, making it the 652nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 412th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 793 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Princeton than any year since 2013.

Half of all the boys named Princeton in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 427 boys in the US were given Princeton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #652 for this spelling alone.

1950Busiest: 793 in 20172025
Princeton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025422#652
2024465#613
2023533#549
2022611#499
2021626#477
2020722#412
2019768#405
2018788#406
2017793#402
2016775#413
2015714#430
2014541#517
2013389#634
2012318#731
2011202#974
2010173#1,105
2009136#1,290
2008106#1,523
200785#1,741
200654#2,309
200531#3,237
200448#2,340
200336#2,725
200232#2,878
200120#3,968
200032#2,800
199931#2,718
199825#3,089
199730#2,609
199617#3,824
199521#3,186
199436#2,214
199336#2,157
199244#1,839
199166#1,390
199064#1,390
198947#1,653
198855#1,400
198737#1,758
198645#1,492
198552#1,332
198435#1,655
198318#2,576
198223#2,206
198112#3,410
198023#2,213
19798#4,401
19789#3,855
19775#5,843
19760–
19758#3,939
19746#4,632
197310#3,221
19725#4,983
19718#3,656
19706#4,228
19690–
19680–
19675#3,964
19666#3,535
19656#3,535
19640–
19630–
19620–
19617#3,354
19600–
19598#3,036
19580–
19570–
19560–
19556#3,503
19545#3,825
19530–
19525#3,731
19510–
19506#3,328

Names like Princeton

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

Hudson Jaxon Grayson Jenson Mason Luca Harrison Tobias Matteo Enzo Sebastian Elijah

Names related to Princeton

Prynceton Princetyn

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, “Princeton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/princeton, updated 20 October 2026.