NameTides

Prince

Prince was the #447 boys' name in the US in 2025 (703 babies), and #529 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Prince as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Prince as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Prince as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#447 (703)#529 (73)——#699 (39)
2024#401 (806)#545 (70)#619 (4)—#577 (47)
2023#364 (894)#614 (58)#728 (3)—#468 (61)
2022#348 (943)#561 (67)#703 (3)—#506 (55)
2021#332 (978)#627 (59)——#596 (47)
2020#315 (1,052)#500 (76)—#741 (3)#452 (64)
2019#297 (1,164)#459 (88)#701 (3)—#416 (70)
2018#317 (1,066)#520 (75)—#635 (4)#490 (56)
2017#345 (988)#439 (96)#602 (4)#710 (3)#526 (53)
2016#343 (1,012)#501 (81)—#491 (6)#406 (74)
2015#386 (830)#500 (77)—#554 (5)#560 (48)
2014#411 (755)#502 (78)—#609 (4)#509 (55)
2013#450 (634)#500 (75)—#711 (3)#564 (47)
2012#458 (594)#490 (78)#568 (4)#500 (6)#640 (38)
2011#479 (551)#431 (91)—#623 (4)#508 (53)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #297.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Prince is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Prince by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #318NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #287NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #494TXFlorida: #314FL
Prince (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48825

Prince (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PrinceCanadaBoys#69939
PrinceEngland & WalesBoys#52973
PrinceIrelandBoys—too few
PrinceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PrinceScotlandBoys—too few
PrinceUSGirls—too few
PrinceUSBoys#447703