Names › Girl › P › Princess
Girl name

Princess

/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/ · 100% girls · 209 born in 2025

Princess has been given to about 15,982 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2006, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 15,099
Median age today25 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Princess per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2006 · 400
  • Born in 2025209
  • All time15,982
  • England & Wales, 202532

How popular is Princess?

Its best year was 2006, when 400 babies were given the name, ranking 713th. The typical living American called Princess is about 25 years old today. It is relatively most common in Georgia, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Princess

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Piper0.46

Middle names for Princess

Ranked by flow score
  1. Princess Anne0.81
  2. Princess Catherine0.78
  3. Princess Josephine0.78
  4. Princess Rose0.77
  5. Princess Marie0.77
  6. Princess Grace0.77

Sibling names for Princess

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Alvarobrother · 0.98
  2. Alenasister · 0.97
  3. Chanasister · 0.97
  4. Chayasister · 0.97
  5. Mohammadbrother · 0.97
  6. Vicentebrother · 0.97

Where Princess is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Georgia0.02%
  2. Alabama0.02%
  3. Iowa0.02%
  4. Wisconsin0.01%
  5. North Carolina0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Princess Anderson0.77
  2. Princess White0.72
  3. Princess Nguyen0.72
  4. Princess Moore0.72
  5. Princess Hill0.72
  6. Princess Hall0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Princess

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Princess across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.