Boy name#714 of boy names
Prince
Pronounced P R IH1 N S (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2019
- 145 years in use
How popular is Prince?
Prince is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 23,466 children — the 714th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 1,170 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P R IH1 N S
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Prince
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Prince
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Prince?
- Prince ranks 714th among boys' names in US records, with 23,466 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,746.
- Is Prince a unisex name?
- No. Prince is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Prince most popular?
- 2019, when 1,170 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.