How popular is “Princess” in the USA?

Number of people named “Princess” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Princess” 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 “Princess” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Princess” by birth year

This chart shows how “Princess” 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
1895	6	0.000017093	6		100%
1896	6	0.000016784	6		100%
1898	5	0.000013108	5		100%
1900	8	0.000017768	8		100%
1902	6	0.000015515	6		100%
1904	7	0.000017349	7		100%
1905	5	0.000011795	5		100%
1906	10	0.00002334	10		100%
1908	10	0.000020465	10		100%
1909	7	0.000013693	7		100%
1910	10	0.000016929	10		100%
1911	11	0.000017073	11		100%
1912	7	0.000007085	7		100%
1913	7	0.000006156	7		100%
1914	14	0.000009885	14		100%
1915	25	0.000013643	25		100%
1916	15	0.000007754	15		100%
1917	22	0.000010963	22		100%
1918	14	0.000006448	14		100%
1919	20	0.000009478	20		100%
1920	23	0.000010165	23		100%
1921	24	0.000010281	24		100%
1922	21	0.000009174	21		100%
1923	18	0.000007818	18		100%
1924	23	0.000009657	23		100%
1925	23	0.000009857	23		100%
1926	13	0.000005662	13		100%
1927	20	0.000008623	20		100%
1928	13	0.00000575	13		100%
1929	12	0.000005474	12		100%
1930	13	0.000005847	13		100%
1931	15	0.000007128	15		100%
1932	19	0.000008999	19		100%
1933	15	0.000007502	15		100%
1934	14	0.000006741	14		100%
1935	13	0.00000622	13		100%
1936	16	0.000007701	16		100%
1937	21	0.000009856	21		100%
1938	13	0.000005876	13		100%
1939	17	0.000007715	17		100%
1940	20	0.000008686	20		100%
1941	25	0.000010261	25		100%
1942	19	0.000006955	19		100%
1943	24	0.000008503	24		100%
1944	23	0.00000855	23		100%
1945	25	0.000009424	25		100%
1946	28	0.000008763	28		100%
1947	30	0.000008328	30		100%
1948	44	0.000012744	44		100%
1949	33	0.00000947	33		100%
1950	33	0.00000942	33		100%
1951	38	0.000010316	38		100%
1952	34	0.000008952	34		100%
1953	42	0.000010899	42		100%
1954	38	0.000009546	38		100%
1955	52	0.000012951	52		100%
1956	51	0.00001237	51		100%
1957	46	0.000010947	46		100%
1958	64	0.000015482	64		100%
1959	90	0.000021645	90		100%
1960	82	0.000019741	82		100%
1961	95	0.000022934	95		100%
1962	92	0.000022798	92		100%
1963	108	0.000027285	108		100%
1964	99	0.000025466	99		100%
1965	95	0.000026204	95		100%
1966	89	0.000025607	89		100%
1967	87	0.000025627	87		100%
1968	65	0.00001924	65		100%
1969	53	0.00001525	53		100%
1970	70	0.000019409	70		100%
1971	73	0.000021268	73		100%
1972	58	0.000018454	58		100%
1973	76	0.000025192	76		100%
1974	80	0.000026316	80		100%
1975	73	0.000024177	73		100%
1976	70	0.00002307	70		100%
1977	89	0.000028018	89		100%
1978	107	0.000033713	107		100%
1979	149	0.000044785	149		100%
1980	175	0.000050806	175		100%
1981	187	0.000054056	187		100%
1982	220	0.000062714	220		100%
1983	252	0.000072762	252		100%
1984	262	0.000075098	262		100%
1985	267	0.000074809	267		100%
1986	313	0.000087994	313		100%
1987	238	0.000066008	238		100%
1988	280	0.000075777	280		100%
1989	308	0.000080116	301	7	95%
1990	272	0.000068818	272		100%
1991	251	0.000064437	251		100%
1992	228	0.000059355	228		100%
1993	253	0.000067104	253		100%
1994	210	0.000056487	210		100%
1995	216	0.000058982	216		100%
1996	212	0.000058127	212		100%
1997	239	0.000065917	239		100%
1998	270	0.000073405	270		100%
1999	261	0.000070658	261		100%
2000	279	0.000073811	279		100%
2001	263	0.000070257	263		100%
2002	269	0.000071958	269		100%
2003	383	0.000100728	383		100%
2004	353	0.000092386	353		100%
2005	371	0.000096493	371		100%
2006	400	0.000101107	400		100%
2007	347	0.0000868	347		100%
2008	291	0.000074033	291		100%
2009	304	0.000079578	304		100%
2010	297	0.000080363	297		100%
2011	308	0.000084204	308		100%
2012	249	0.000068082	249		100%
2013	259	0.000071043	259		100%
2014	259	0.00006988	259		100%
2015	274	0.000074036	274		100%
2016	377	0.000102761	377		100%
2017	382	0.000106817	382		100%
2018	373	0.00010609	373		100%
2019	365	0.000105159	365		100%
2020	343	0.000102677	343		100%
2021	303	0.000089435	303		100%
2022	277	0.000081877	277		100%
2023	288	0.000086978	288		100%
2024	211	0.000063392	211		100%

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