Princess

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Princess: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Princess: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #238 in 2002, and it stood at #736 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1074
1998	#925
1999	#1060
2000	#782
2001	#936
2002	#1151
2003	#742
2004	#655
2005	#634
2006	#594
2007	#481
2008	#510
2009	#387
2010	#324
2011	#386
2012	#465
2013	#608
2014	#579
2015	#585
2016	#676
2017	#648
2018	#729
2019	#920
2020	#749
2021	#1069
2022	#910
2023	#851
2024	#869

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #869 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2000–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #869 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Princess appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,590 births with the name.

Princess across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Princess's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#324 (2010)	#869 (2024)	29 of 29	1,590 (1996–2024)	144 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#413 (2000)	#238 (2002)	#736 (2024)	18 of 25	131 (2000–2024)	15 (2002)

Princess by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Princess in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	71	4 of 10	18
2000s	524	10 of 10	52
2010sbusiest	792	10 of 10	79
2020s	203	5 of 10	41

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 79 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 35, from 109 to 144.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Princess appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Princess's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#869	42	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#851	42	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1069	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#749	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#920	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#729	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#676	62	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#585	72	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#579	72	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#608	67	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#465	97	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#386	121	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#324	144	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#387	109	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#510	76	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#481	81	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#594	57	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#634	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#655	45	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#782	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#925	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	12	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	15	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 144 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Prisca · #2407, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alix · #238, 29y
Erinn · #238, 28y
Johnathon · #238, 25y
Karis · #238, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Princess was ranked #238 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Princess and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Princess without appearing here.

Princess moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1522 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1074 and #2738.
Paula Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1069 and #957 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #910 and #1685.
Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1522 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1074 and #1802.
Janet Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1074 and #1045 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #925 and #1571.

Moved ahead of Princess

May Compare
In 2013 they stood at #612 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #353.
Willow Compare
In 2011 they stood at #333 and #356 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #612 and #142.
Violet Compare
In 2013 they stood at #612 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #458.
Bonnie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #333 and #356 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #612 and #199.

Moved the opposite way to Princess

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Princess

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Princess went from #1522 to #869 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Princess

Princess at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Princess across 2 official records

Princess by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Princess appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Princess

Princess and the names beside it

Princess moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Princess

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Princess at a glance

Princess across 2 official records

Princess by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Princess appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Princess

Princess and the names beside it

Princess moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Princess

Moved the opposite way to Princess

Moved the same way as Princess