Precious
#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 703 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,393since 1897
Precious over time
Rank among girls' names. Precious has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,559 | 69 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,823 | 58 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #1,799 | 113 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,875 | 109 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #1,636 | 131 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #1,617 | 133 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,514 | 145 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #1,452 | 157 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,204 | 199 | — | |
| 2010 | #955 | 268 | — | |
| 2009 | #774 | 367 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #783 | 375 | — | |
| 2007 | #600 | 501 | — | |
| 2006 | #550 | 534 | — | |
| 2005 | #544 | 529 | — | |
| 2004 | #558 | 512 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #516 | 553 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #423 | 689 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #392 | 746 | — | |
| 2000 | #435 | 648 | — | |
| 1999 | #406 | 687 | — | |
| 1998 | #381 | 741 | — | |
| 1997 | #410 | 639 | — | |
| 1996 | #376 | 703 | — | |
| 1995 | #414 | 620 | — | |
| 1994 | #399 | 631 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #422 | 594 | — | |
| 1992 | #444 | 569 | — | |
| 1991 | #445 | 574 | — | |
| 1990 | #452 | 547 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #478 | 496 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #433 | 525 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #501 | 427 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #503 | 418 | — | |
| 1985 | #529 | 377 | — | |
| 1984 | #633 | 278 | — | |
| 1983 | #639 | 268 | — | |
| 1982 | #658 | 271 | — | |
| 1981 | #692 | 246 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #692 | 249 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #829 | 188 | — | |
| 1978 | #986 | 140 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 132 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,263 | 88 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,450 | 66 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,219 | 87 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,528 | 65 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,905 | 38 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,859 | 38 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Precious! It came in at #1,385, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Precious is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#187 · 1 in 1,123
- Louisiana#197 · 1 in 1,104
- District of Columbia#203 · 1 in 774
- Nevada#238 · 1 in 1,150
- South Carolina#244 · 1 in 1,431
Best ever in a state: #64 in District of Columbia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #187 | 38 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Louisiana | #197 | 23 | 1 in 1,104 |
| District of Columbia | #203 | 6 | 1 in 774 |
| Nevada | #238 | 6 | 1 in 1,150 |
| South Carolina | #244 | 14 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Mississippi | #261 | 10 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Florida | #269 | 46 | 1 in 1,720 |
| North Carolina | #274 | 23 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Virginia | #320 | 18 | 1 in 2,099 |
| Alabama | #322 | 11 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Illinois | #330 | 36 | 1 in 2,181 |
| Missouri | #330 | 14 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Oklahoma | #368 | 8 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Michigan | #371 | 23 | 1 in 2,716 |
| Tennessee | #383 | 11 | 1 in 2,745 |
| New York | #406 | 48 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Ohio | #416 | 22 | 1 in 3,223 |
| New Jersey | #456 | 14 | 1 in 3,426 |
| Indiana | #469 | 10 | 1 in 3,517 |
| Connecticut | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,820 |
| Texas | #501 | 41 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Wisconsin | #515 | 7 | 1 in 4,190 |
| Maryland | #524 | 7 | 1 in 4,052 |
| California | #640 | 56 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Pennsylvania | #683 | 11 | 1 in 6,600 |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Precious
- 571 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #3,130)
- 307 spots since 2020 (#2,823 → #3,130)
- 1,494 spots since 2015 (#1,636 → #3,130)
- Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1979 (#986 → #829)
- Biggest drop: 249 spots in 2011 (#955 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1996 at #376 (703 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1978–2010
- Highest: 1 in 2,385 girls born in 1998 were named Precious (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,515 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #376 in 1996, was only 1 in 2,494 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.5% of all girls named Precious (6,305) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,543 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,321 (1906) | #1,753 |
| 1910s | 113 | #1,267 (1910) | #2,235 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,523 (1927) | #1,933 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,520 (1932) | #2,369 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,767 (1949) | #2,339 |
| 1950s | 165 | #2,121 (1950) | #2,885 |
| 1960s | 326 | #1,559 (1968) | #2,156 |
| 1970s | 1,020 | #829 (1979) | #1,222 |
| 1980s | 3,555 | #433 (1988) | #576 |
| 1990s | 6,305 | #376 (1996) | #415 |
| 2000s | 5,454 | #392 (2001) | #558 |
| 2010s | 1,456 | #955 (2010) | #1,598 |
| 2020s | 419 | #2,174 (2022) | #2,569 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Precious in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,471 of them was named Precious, which outranked 97.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 256,755 of them was named Precious, which outranked 38.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,382Zoe9
- #5,382Zong9
- #5,382Zuriel9
- #5,823Precious8
- #5,823Aaren8
- #5,823Aaric8
- #5,823Abayomi8
- #6,415Abdias7
- #6,415Abdulmalik7
- #6,415Abdurrahman7
Tied with 591 names at #5,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.