NameTides

Princess

Princess was the #1,120 girls' name in the US in 2025 (209 babies), and #1,051 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Princess as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Princess as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Princess as a girl’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#1,120 (209)#1,051 (32)#632 (4)—#966 (28)
2024#1,140 (212)#869 (42)#790 (3)#736 (4)#1,234 (20)
2023#921 (288)#851 (42)#749 (3)—#1,312 (18)
2022#963 (278)#910 (38)——#1,056 (24)
2021#891 (303)#1,069 (32)#792 (3)#764 (4)#1,049 (25)
2020#795 (343)#749 (49)#765 (3)—#942 (28)
2019#765 (365)#920 (39)—#871 (3)#895 (30)
2018#743 (373)#729 (54)#680 (4)#896 (3)#863 (32)
2017#739 (383)#648 (64)—#873 (3)#881 (31)
2016#757 (377)#676 (62)——#811 (34)
2015#985 (274)#585 (72)—#751 (4)#778 (36)
2014#1,008 (259)#579 (72)—#876 (3)#719 (39)
2013#971 (259)#608 (67)——#864 (31)
2012#1,014 (249)#465 (97)#815 (3)#612 (6)#679 (43)
2011#852 (309)#386 (121)——#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #739.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1895.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,700 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Princess is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,100 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Princess by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #912FL
Princess (girls) 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#1,10010

Princess (girls): 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
PrincessCanadaGirls#96628
PrincessEngland & WalesGirls#1,05132
PrincessIrelandGirls—too few
PrincessNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PrincessScotlandGirls#6324
PrincessUSGirls#1,120209
PrincessUSBoys—too few