Prescilla
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #13,347
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,037since 1919
Prescilla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Prescilla has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Prescilla! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Prescilla is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Prescilla in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1938 at #2,021 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 66,965
- Highest: 1 in 66,965 girls born in 1991 were named Prescilla (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 251,295 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,021 in 1938, was only 1 in 68,966 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 18.6% of all girls named Prescilla (193) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 32 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,194 |
| 1930s | 68 | #2,021 (1938) | #3,066 |
| 1940s | 140 | #2,029 (1940) | #2,556 |
| 1950s | 118 | #2,781 (1950) | #3,434 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,782 (1962) | #4,293 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,246 (1970) | #5,815 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,859 (1981) | #4,613 |
| 1990s | 193 | #3,722 (1991) | #5,212 |
| 2000s | 107 | #6,129 (2002) | #10,221 |
| 2010s | 14 | #13,347 (2011) | #13,398 |
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.
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