girl's name

Prim

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 260

Prim is a girl's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 122,805 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2013.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Prim over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Prim by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2010s 125
2020s (to 2025) 120

How popular is Prim?

In 2025, Prim was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Prim is used

United States #4,936 27 in 2025
England & Wales #5,361 4 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Prim

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Prim also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Prim over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Prim

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Prim — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Prim

How popular is the name Prim?

In 2025, Prim was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Prim a girl's or a boy's name?

Prim is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Prim?

Prim has 1 syllable.

When was Prim most popular?

Prim peaked in 2025, when 27 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Prim a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Prim currently ranks #4,936 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.