How rare is the name Princeton?

5,250 people in the United States have the first name Princeton, about 1 in 57,530. It ranks #3,779 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PRINCETON

#3,779

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,250
About
1 in 57,530
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,250 people named Princeton, 67.6% reported their origin as Black, 10.4% as two or more races and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Princeton peaked in 2017, when 793 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
793
In 2025*
422 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,256 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Princeton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,067. The largest share of babies named Princeton, 79.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#9,59430
1960s#11,61024
1970s#10,54765
1980s#4,360347
1990s#5,240370
2000s#4,854580
2010s#1,0765,461
2020s#1,0673,379
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1213.3%
2013 and later79.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Princeton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Princeton has been most common in Georgia (3.6×), Mississippi (3.4×), and South Carolina (3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.23×).

8,672 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Princeton

#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253#3,777 Ricki · 5,253#3,780 Baron · 5,249#3,780 Odalys · 5,249

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Princeton, most common first.

#41,276 Princetta · 178#43,336 Prinston · 163

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