How popular is “Prince” in the USA?

Number of people named “Prince” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Prince” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Prince” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Prince” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Prince” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Prince” by birth year

This chart shows how “Prince” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	16	0.000079411		16	-100%
1881	17	0.000088226		17	-100%
1882	18	0.000081252		18	-100%
1883	18	0.00008297		18	-100%
1884	17	0.000069826		17	-100%
1885	21	0.00008719		21	-100%
1886	22	0.000086168		22	-100%
1887	18	0.000072759		18	-100%
1888	19	0.000063445		19	-100%
1889	14	0.000048452		14	-100%
1890	18	0.000059721		18	-100%
1891	26	0.000090696		26	-100%
1892	19	0.000056823		19	-100%
1893	14	0.000043047		14	-100%
1894	13	0.000038383		13	-100%
1895	18	0.000051279		18	-100%
1896	26	0.000072731		26	-100%
1897	19	0.000054762		19	-100%
1898	14	0.000036702		14	-100%
1899	15	0.000044217		15	-100%
1900	22	0.000048861		22	-100%
1901	29	0.000083861		29	-100%
1902	21	0.000054301		21	-100%
1903	28	0.000073452	5	23	-64%
1904	29	0.000071874		29	-100%
1905	30	0.000070768	6	24	-60%
1906	20	0.00004668		20	-100%
1907	26	0.000055867	9	17	-31%
1908	25	0.000051161		25	-100%
1909	30	0.000058683		30	-100%
1910	46	0.000077872	8	38	-65%
1911	31	0.000048116		31	-100%
1912	60	0.000060725	11	49	-63%
1913	60	0.000052765	10	50	-67%
1914	79	0.000055777	10	69	-75%
1915	88	0.000048024	8	80	-82%
1916	91	0.000047043	6	85	-87%
1917	96	0.000047839	10	86	-79%
1918	102	0.000046981	12	90	-76%
1919	91	0.000043123	11	80	-76%
1920	91	0.000040218	11	80	-76%
1921	91	0.00003898	9	82	-80%
1922	111	0.000048489	14	97	-75%
1923	76	0.000033008	10	66	-74%
1924	105	0.000044088	9	96	-83%
1925	85	0.000036429	10	75	-76%
1926	85	0.000037022	12	73	-72%
1927	79	0.000034061	10	69	-75%
1928	84	0.000037153	14	70	-67%
1929	75	0.000034213	11	64	-71%
1930	71	0.000031935	8	63	-77%
1931	60	0.000028512	11	49	-63%
1932	75	0.000035523	12	63	-68%
1933	57	0.000028508	6	51	-79%
1934	61	0.000029372	12	49	-61%
1935	67	0.000032059	8	59	-76%
1936	61	0.000029361	6	55	-80%
1937	77	0.000036139	15	62	-61%
1938	77	0.000034801	11	66	-71%
1939	64	0.000029045	8	56	-75%
1940	67	0.000029096	7	60	-79%
1941	60	0.000024626	9	51	-70%
1942	55	0.000020133	10	45	-64%
1943	68	0.000024092	6	62	-82%
1944	60	0.000022304	6	54	-80%
1945	59	0.00002224	7	52	-76%
1946	73	0.000022846	9	64	-75%
1947	85	0.000023596	18	67	-58%
1948	70	0.000020275	12	58	-66%
1949	82	0.000023531	5	77	-88%
1950	57	0.00001627	5	52	-82%
1951	81	0.000021989	15	66	-63%
1952	73	0.000019221	15	58	-59%
1953	82	0.000021279	11	71	-73%
1954	83	0.000020851	10	73	-76%
1955	84	0.000020921	9	75	-79%
1956	83	0.000020131	9	74	-78%
1957	88	0.000020942	7	81	-84%
1958	62	0.000014998	7	55	-77%
1959	73	0.000017557	9	64	-75%
1960	71	0.000017093	10	61	-72%
1961	65	0.000015692	10	55	-69%
1962	63	0.000015612		63	-100%
1963	64	0.000016169		64	-100%
1964	76	0.000019549	6	70	-84%
1965	48	0.00001324		48	-100%
1966	46	0.000013235		46	-100%
1967	50	0.000014728	5	45	-80%
1968	55	0.00001628		55	-100%
1969	44	0.000012661		44	-100%
1970	51	0.000014141		51	-100%
1971	57	0.000016607	5	52	-82%
1972	49	0.00001559		49	-100%
1973	63	0.000020882		63	-100%
1974	59	0.000019408		59	-100%
1975	39	0.000012916		39	-100%
1976	65	0.000021422		65	-100%
1977	59	0.000018574		59	-100%
1978	73	0.000023		73	-100%
1979	92	0.000027653		92	-100%
1980	131	0.000038032		131	-100%
1981	146	0.000042204		146	-100%
1982	137	0.000039054		137	-100%
1983	172	0.000049663	5	167	-94%
1984	206	0.000059047		206	-100%
1985	195	0.000054635		195	-100%
1986	155	0.000043575	5	150	-94%
1987	122	0.000033836		122	-100%
1988	138	0.000037347		138	-100%
1989	134	0.000034855		134	-100%
1990	126	0.000031879		126	-100%
1991	140	0.000035941	5	135	-93%
1992	129	0.000033583		129	-100%
1993	118	0.000031297		118	-100%
1994	95	0.000025554		95	-100%
1995	105	0.000028672		105	-100%
1996	96	0.000026322		96	-100%
1997	123	0.000033924		123	-100%
1998	172	0.000046762		172	-100%
1999	152	0.000041149		152	-100%
2000	176	0.000046562		176	-100%
2001	164	0.000043811		164	-100%
2002	161	0.000043068		161	-100%
2003	202	0.000053125		202	-100%
2004	228	0.000059671		228	-100%
2005	232	0.000060341		232	-100%
2006	247	0.000062434		247	-100%
2007	273	0.00006829		273	-100%
2008	302	0.000076832		302	-100%
2009	351	0.000091881		351	-100%
2010	500	0.000135291		500	-100%
2011	551	0.000150637		551	-100%
2012	594	0.000162412		594	-100%
2013	634	0.000173905		634	-100%
2014	755	0.000203703		755	-100%
2015	830	0.000224269		830	-100%
2016	1012	0.000275847		1012	-100%
2017	988	0.000276271		988	-100%
2018	1066	0.000303194		1066	-100%
2019	1162	0.00033478		1162	-100%
2020	1051	0.000314616		1051	-100%
2021	978	0.00028867		978	-100%
2022	943	0.000278736		943	-100%
2023	893	0.000269691		893	-100%
2024	797	0.000239447		797	-100%

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