Princeton Boy
How popular is Princeton?
#652 boy name in 2025
422 baby boys were named Princeton in the US in 2025, making it the 652nd most popular boy name.
Princeton popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #652 for boys (▼ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 422 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #430 in 2015, #412 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (793 boys) |
| Highest rank | #402 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Princeton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Princeton family of names ranked #602 for boys in 2025 (#575 the year before), with 440 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 422 | 96% |
| Prynceton | 7 | 2% |
| Princetyn | 6 | 1% |
| Princeten | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Princeton is most popular
Babies named Princeton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.5 per 1,000 (86 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.1 per 1,000 (112 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (106 boys)
- Georgia: 0.9 per 1,000 (238 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.9 per 1,000 (58 boys)
Princeton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 30 | #3,036 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,355 |
| 1970s | 65 | #3,221 |
| 1980s | 347 | #1,332 |
| 1990s | 370 | #1,390 |
| 2000s | 580 | #1,290 |
| 2010s | 5,461 | #402 |
| 2020s | 3,379 | #412 |
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Questions
- Is Princeton a boy or girl name?
- Princeton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Princeton were boys.
- How popular is the name Princeton?
- 422 baby boys were named Princeton in the US in 2025, making it the 652nd most popular boy name.
- When was Princeton most popular?
- Princeton peaked in 2017, when 793 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #402 in 2017.
- How many people are named Princeton?
- 10,256 babies have been named Princeton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,151 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Princeton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Princeton was most common in Mississippi, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.