Prynce
Prynce was the 2871st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2034th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,091 places. More babies were named Prynce in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Prince) prince · English, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #2,871 boys, down 556 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202173 babies
- Total since 1880
- 651babies recorded
What does the name Prynce mean?
Prynce is a spelling of Prince, pronounced the same way, so it shares Prince's meaning and origin.
Prince is the English word for a ruler's son or a sovereign, from Latin princeps, "first, chief". As a surname, Harrison (1918) and Wiktionary explain it as a nickname for someone who behaved like a prince, served in a prince's household, or played one in a pageant. As a first name it has occasional older use and became more common in the US after the musician Prince.
princeps (Latin, “first, chief”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Princeton, Princess.
See also: English names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Prince', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. 2 (1918), s.v. 'PRINCE', Morland Press (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'prince', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Prynce popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,871 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,315 | 59 |
| 2010 | #5,965 | 15 |
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How popular is Prynce, counting every spelling?
Prynce is a spelling of Prince, a name family that ranked #431 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,871 for Prynce on its own. Together these spellings went to 747 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince | 703 | #447 | 4,324 |
| Prynce | 44 | #2,871 | 239 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Prynce?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Prynce (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Prynce born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Prynce.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Prynce?
About 600 people born in the US named Prynce are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 10. That makes Prynce a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Prynce by state
How common Prynce was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Prynce: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Prynce, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Prynce
What does Prynce mean?
Prynce is a spelling of Prince, which means “prince” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Prynce?
Prynce was the 2871st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2034th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,091 places. More babies were named Prynce in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Prynce a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Prynce in the US.
Where is Prynce most popular?
In 2021–2025, Prynce was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Michigan and Georgia.