How Many People Are Named Princeton?
people named Princeton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,733 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,256 babies named Princeton in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
793 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Princeton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Princeton alive today is about 10 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Princeton first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 2017, to 793 babies. In 2025, 422 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Princeton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #402, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #653.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #653 |
| Best rank | #402 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #522 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Princeton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Princeton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,009 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Princeton was given 5.4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.3 times in South Carolina and 3 times in Georgia.
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