NameTides

Princeton

Princeton was the #652 boys' name in the US in 2025 (422 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Princeton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Princeton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Princeton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#652 (422)#4,275 (4)#2,789 (6)
2024#613 (465)#5,120 (3)#1,246 (18)
2023#549 (533)#3,524 (5)#1,592 (12)
2022#499 (611)#2,321 (9)#1,895 (9)
2021#477 (626)—#1,109 (20)
2020#412 (722)—#1,382 (14)
2019#405 (768)#4,702 (3)#1,634 (11)
2018#406 (788)#3,412 (5)#1,175 (17)
2017#402 (793)#3,449 (5)#971 (23)
2016#413 (775)#4,023 (4)#938 (24)
2015#430 (714)#4,747 (3)#1,458 (12)
2014#517 (541)—#1,381 (13)
2013#634 (389)#3,822 (4)#1,654 (10)
2012#731 (318)#3,039 (6)#1,971 (8)
2011#974 (202)—#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #406.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Princeton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Princeton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #427OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #398TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #286GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #585FL
Princeton (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#1,5176

Princeton (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
PrincetonCanadaBoys#2,7896
PrincetonEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
PrincetonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PrincetonUSBoys#652422