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Princeton

Pronounced /ˈpɹɪnstən/

Rank in 2024
#614
Born in 2024
464
Peak year
2017 · #402
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 464 boys were named Princeton, about 1 in every 3,697.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 793 babies, ranked #402.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1950.
  • 9,828 boys have been named Princeton since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Princeton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 37 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 105 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 608 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,359 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,719 babies, 0.36 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From prince +‎ -ton (“town”), originally in honor of crown princes or princes of the British Empire but later chiefly in honor of others with the name Prince or locations named Princeton. Doublet of Princetown. Cf. Princes Town, Princeville, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Kingstown, Queenston, and Queenstown. In particular, the British Columbian town is named for Edward VII, who was known as Albert, Prince of Wales, during the reign of his mother Queen Victoria.

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Princeton, CC BY-SA 4.0.