Not to dis the other princesses but belle is the smartest

bubble_babe...this has nothing to do with the question...youre obviously not the smartest. not to dis you.

anyway, i think everyone knows who "the little mermaid" is. I swear im not playing favorites

Gee.. princesslullby you don't have to be so rude!

When I was little, the girls in my school generally had shirts with Belle, Cinderella, and Aurora on them if they had princess merchandise, with Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel appearing less often, and seldom do I see Pocahontas and Mulan merchandise in comparison. I think Belle is the most famous because of the three who seem to be most often on merchandise, Cinderella's and Aurora's films were made such a long time ago, while Belle's was made much more recently. Plus, Beauty and the Beast is the only animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award.

cinderella is the classic disney story. it's been retold so many different times and made into so many different movies, and even many of the other disney princesses's stories were modeled after cinderella's story. i would think she is definitely the most famous disney princess and probably the most famous disney story.

the little mermaid, beauty and the beast, aladdin, mulan, and pocahontas are all well known among younger audiences. but if you find someone who is over 40 and not a big disney fan...i wouldn't be surprised if they did not know that the little mermaid's name is ariel or that beauty from beauty and the beast's name is belle.
and many younger people who are not big disney fans seem not to know that aurora is sleeping beauty's name (and never saw the movie) and don't know the story of snow white very well except that there were seven dwarfs.
and if people don't even know their real names...i wouldn't say they are the most famous of all disney princesses.

but i would think that almost everyone no matter how old or how young knows who cinderella is and knows the basic story behind cinderella.

(i'm not saying she's the most popular...but i think definitely the most famous)

In second place is probably Ariel or Belle, but Cinderella I think is the most widely-known; I agree with jemgrl323, older members of the population who didn't grow up in the 80s/90s and didn't spoon feed Disney movies to children probably wouldn't know that the Little Mermaid's name is Ariel, or Belle is the "Beauty", or any more than basics of the story; maybe not even basics. My parents barely know who Belle and Ariel are and I grew up on Disney. But they definitely know Cinderella.

when i was a kid all the little girls had shirts of either cinderella or meg (although shes not really a princess) and we all had little mermaid sandals that gave us blisters

Definitely Cinderella, THEN Snow White, Ariel and Pocahontas. :)

ariel, cinderella and snow white

Everyone knows Snow White & Cinderella.

Cinderella!

Cinderella is... but i like Ariel better, so do most people

I think everyone at least recognizes her face. Or rather, the face that they put on merchandise.

Without a doubt. Gangstas who live in the hood know this story.

I texted a friend of mine who's not that fond of Disney, and asked how many Disney Princess' he knew the name of, and the first name he came up with was Cinderella :)

but Mulan is way too famous in China
And Ariel & Aurora thanks to the fairy tales
And Snowwhite since it's the first to be released

Mmhm