How Many People Are Named Prim?
An estimated 216 people in the United States have the first name Prim. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 7 years old, and Prim peaked in popularity in 2017 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Prim as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Prim paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
216
About 1 in 1,586,826 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
7
years old
Peak Year
2017
26 births
Total Registered
217
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Prim
Prim is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 217 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Prim as a female name
Ranked #5,243 in 2024
25 female births in 2024
Peak: 2017 (26 births)
Prim: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Prim span from the 2010s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 125 babies were registered. While Prim is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Prim by Decade
How has Prim tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Prim + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Prim as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Prim
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Prim: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Prim?
We estimate approximately 216 people named Prim are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,586,826 Americans share this first name.
Is Prim a common name?
Prim is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 217 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Prim most popular?
Prim reached peak popularity in 2017, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Prim is approximately 7 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Prim a female name?
Prim is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Prim Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Prim Smith, Prim Johnson, Prim Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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