Prince

What Prince means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Prince yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Prince?

US: Falling: down from #386 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #500 in 2015, #529 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 1,164 boys got the name (#297 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,430 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,725 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.24 per 1,000 boys), GA (1.04 per 1,000 boys), NC (0.84 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Prince is #447 in the US and #529 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Prince were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Prynce44 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Prince

Boys

• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

For a sister

• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Pearl#776From the word “pearl”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Prince’s. Rank is US 2025.