Princeton
Princeton is ranked 614th among boys in 2024 (464 births). Its best rank was 402nd, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #614down 65 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4640.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2017793 births
- Best rank
- #402in 2017
- Since 1950
- 9,828people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,828 boys have been named Princeton in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 793 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 517 → 614).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 56%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Princeton was the 402nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Princeton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Axlpeak 2019
- Karterpeak 2019
- Greysonpeak 2017
- Kacenpeak 2019
- Lincolnpeak 2017
- Advikpeak 2017
- Axlepeak 2021
- Rikerpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.