Princess is an established girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Princess is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,122 for girl births in the United States (and #2,148 across all names), given to 209 babies. Princess was first reported in SSA data in 1895 and peaked in 2006 (400 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 209 | 209 | #1,122 | — |
| 2024 | 212 | 212 | #1,146 | — |
| 2023 | 288 | 288 | #922 | — |
| 2022 | 278 | 278 | #963 | — |
| 2021 | 303 | 303 | #894 | — |
| 2020 | 343 | 348 | #795 | — |
| 2019 | 365 | 370 | #765 | — |
| 2018 | 373 | 378 | #744 | — |
| 2017 | 383 | 383 | #740 | — |
| 2016 | 377 | 377 | #758 | — |
| 2015 | 274 | 280 | #988 | — |
| 2014 | 259 | 259 | #1,010 | — |
| 2013 | 259 | 259 | #973 | — |
| 2012 | 249 | 249 | #1,015 | — |
| 2011 | 309 | 314 | #856 | — |
| 2010 | 297 | 302 | #894 | — |
| 2009 | 304 | 311 | #898 | — |
| 2008 | 291 | 291 | #938 | — |
| 2007 | 347 | 357 | #830 | — |
| 2006 | 400 | 400 | #713 | — |
| 2005 | 371 | 371 | #731 | — |
| 2004 | 353 | 359 | #745 | — |
| 2003 | 383 | 383 | #686 | — |
| 2002 | 269 | 269 | #860 | — |
| 2001 | 263 | 268 | #871 | — |
| 2000 | 279 | 279 | #813 | — |
| 1999 | 261 | 261 | #829 | — |
| 1998 | 270 | 275 | #796 | — |
| 1997 | 239 | — | #855 | — |
| 1996 | 212 | — | #925 | — |
| 1995 | 216 | — | #882 | — |
| 1994 | 210 | — | #910 | — |
| 1993 | 253 | — | #799 | — |
| 1992 | 228 | — | #871 | — |
| 1991 | 251 | — | #820 | — |
| 1990 | 272 | — | #760 | — |
| 1989 | 308 | — | #679 | #6,752 |
| 1988 | 280 | — | #690 | — |
| 1987 | 238 | — | #758 | — |
| 1986 | 313 | — | #613 | — |
| 1985 | 267 | — | #677 | — |
| 1984 | 262 | — | #664 | — |
| 1983 | 252 | — | #678 | — |
| 1982 | 220 | — | #754 | — |
| 1981 | 187 | — | #839 | — |
| 1980 | 175 | — | #878 | — |
| 1979 | 149 | — | #968 | — |
| 1978 | 107 | — | #1,180 | — |
| 1977 | 89 | — | #1,308 | — |
| 1976 | 70 | — | #1,491 | — |
| 1975 | 73 | — | #1,436 | — |
| 1974 | 80 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1973 | 76 | — | #1,337 | — |
| 1972 | 58 | — | #1,587 | — |
| 1971 | 73 | — | #1,438 | — |
| 1970 | 70 | — | #1,461 | — |
| 1969 | 53 | — | #1,661 | — |
| 1968 | 65 | — | #1,400 | — |
| 1967 | 87 | — | #1,140 | — |
| 1966 | 89 | — | #1,128 | — |
| 1965 | 95 | — | #1,076 | — |
| 1964 | 99 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1963 | 108 | — | #1,032 | — |
| 1962 | 92 | — | #1,143 | — |
| 1961 | 95 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1960 | 82 | — | #1,209 | — |
| 1959 | 90 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1958 | 64 | — | #1,328 | — |
| 1957 | 46 | — | #1,605 | — |
| 1956 | 51 | — | #1,502 | — |
| 1955 | 52 | — | #1,398 | — |
| 1954 | 38 | — | #1,667 | — |
| 1953 | 42 | — | #1,522 | — |
| 1952 | 34 | — | #1,703 | — |
| 1951 | 38 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1950 | 33 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1949 | 33 | — | #1,652 | — |
| 1948 | 44 | — | #1,402 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | — | #1,780 | — |
| 1946 | 28 | — | #1,711 | — |
| 1945 | 25 | — | #1,694 | — |
| 1944 | 23 | — | #1,788 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | — | #1,784 | — |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #2,027 | — |
| 1941 | 25 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1940 | 20 | — | #1,833 | — |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #2,020 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #2,420 | — |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,723 | — |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #2,009 | — |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,413 | — |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #2,268 | — |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #2,132 | — |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,866 | — |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,189 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,535 | — |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,700 | — |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,595 | — |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #2,010 | — |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,684 | — |
| 1925 | 23 | — | #1,837 | — |
| 1924 | 23 | — | #1,855 | — |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #2,151 | — |
| 1922 | 21 | — | #1,946 | — |
| 1921 | 24 | — | #1,813 | — |
| 1920 | 23 | — | #1,799 | — |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,908 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,484 | — |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,698 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,223 | — |
| 1915 | 25 | — | #1,469 | — |
| 1914 | 14 | — | #1,887 | — |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,761 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,584 | — |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,525 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,605 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,924 | — |
| 1908 | 10 | — | #1,421 | — |
| 1906 | 10 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,172 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,626 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,751 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,538 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,914 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,559 | — |