Prim comes from the English tradition, meaning First or demure.
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How popular is Prim?
2017peak year
Today, Prim is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6776), with only about 19 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2017, 26 babies were given the name (ranked #5148 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Prim's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 217 babies have been registered as Prim since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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