Prince

maleStatistical record

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

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

Prince: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #273 in 2001, and it stood at #545 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#788
1998	#629
1999	#718
2000	#731
2001	#910
2002	#633
2003	#558
2004	#398
2005	#461
2006	#427
2007	#458
2008	#496
2009	#514
2010	#427
2011	#431
2012	#490
2013	#500
2014	#502
2015	#500
2016	#501
2017	#439
2018	#520
2019	#459
2020	#500
2021	#627
2022	#561
2023	#614
2024	#545

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 · Boys

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

In 2024: #545 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #755 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2020
Highest recorded position: #273 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #545 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Prince appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,782 births with the name.

Prince 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.

Prince'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 · Boys	#755 (1996)	#398 (2004)	#545 (2024)	29 of 29	1,782 (1996–2024)	96 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#273 (2001)	#273 (2001)	#741 (2020)	19 of 20	105 (2001–2020)	13 (2007)

Prince by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Prince in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	91	4 of 10	23
2000s	534	10 of 10	53
2010sbusiest	827	10 of 10	83
2020s	330	5 of 10	66

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 83 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 29, from 41 to 70.

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

Prince 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: #273 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Prince'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	male	#545	70	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#614	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#627	59	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#500	76	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#459	88	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#520	75	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#439	96	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#501	81	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#500	77	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#502	78	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#500	75	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#490	78	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#431	91	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#427	88	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#514	68	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#496	70	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#458	74	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#427	77	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#461	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#398	70	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#558	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#633	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#629	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	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 #273, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 96 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, 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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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.

Maison · #273, 29y
Millicent · #273, 29y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Gethin · #272, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kaela · #273, 22y
Maison · #273, 29y
Millicent · #273, 29y
Allister · #272, 17y

Prince was ranked #273 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Prince 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 Prince without appearing here.

Prince moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #633 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #558 and #1132.
Darragh Compare
In 2001 they stood at #910 and #910 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #633 and #1128.
Roger Compare
In 1997 they stood at #788 and #694 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #629 and #1000.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #629 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #718 and #1082.

Moved ahead of Prince

Archie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #282 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #252.
Brodie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #491 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #710 and #374.
Riley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #282 and #309 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #267.
Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #491 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #302.

Moved the opposite way to Prince

Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 while Alex went from #45 to #21.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 while Archie went from #409 to #59.
Arthur Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 while Arthur went from #191 to #64.
Blake Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 while Blake went from #251 to #131.

Moved the same way as Prince

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 and Aaron from #12 to #45.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 and Adam from #3 to #12.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 and Alan from #59 to #204.
Andrew Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Prince went from #273 to #741 and Andrew from #37 to #93.

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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: #273 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Prince

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Popularity journey

Prince across 2 official records

Prince by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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