Pricilla
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,466since 1883
Pricilla over time
Rank among girls' names. Pricilla has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 |
| 2006 | #2,579 | 70 |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 |
| 2004 | #2,424 | 70 |
| 2003 | #2,321 | 72 |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 |
| 2000 | #1,744 | 100 |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 |
| 1997 | #1,899 | 77 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 |
| 1994 | #1,408 | 114 |
| 1993 | #1,629 | 93 |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 |
| 1991 | #1,407 | 114 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 |
| 1989 | #1,444 | 102 |
| 1988 | #1,292 | 112 |
| 1987 | #1,591 | 78 |
| 1986 | #1,472 | 85 |
| 1985 | #1,373 | 94 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,358 | 88 |
| 1982 | #1,672 | 68 |
| 1981 | #1,734 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 |
| 1978 | #1,841 | 54 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 |
| 1958 | #1,856 | 35 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
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| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Pricilla! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pricilla is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#767 · 1 in 5,931
- California#783 · 1 in 6,227
- Florida#1,260 · 1 in 12,726
- New York#1,420 · 1 in 14,877
Best ever in a state: #509 in Mississippi, 1956.
Show every state
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| Texas | #767 | 23 | 1 in 5,931 |
| California | #783 | 42 | 1 in 6,227 |
| Florida | #1,260 | 6 | 1 in 12,726 |
| New York | #1,420 | 8 | 1 in 14,877 |
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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 Pricilla
- 4,276 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #7,885)
- 1,661 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #7,885)
- 1,046 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #7,885)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1886 at #828 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1886
- Highest: 1 in 15,188 girls born in 1990 were named Pricilla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #828 in 1886, was only 1 in 18,067 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.3% of all girls named Pricilla (908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #828 (1886) | #874 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,338 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,251 (1904) | #1,576 |
| 1910s | 36 | #1,792 (1911) | #3,143 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,091 (1923) | #2,921 |
| 1930s | 96 | #1,585 (1939) | #3,109 |
| 1940s | 281 | #1,438 (1947) | #1,657 |
| 1950s | 287 | #1,576 (1950) | #2,010 |
| 1960s | 399 | #1,689 (1965) | #1,847 |
| 1970s | 442 | #1,828 (1971) | #2,005 |
| 1980s | 843 | #1,292 (1988) | #1,501 |
| 1990s | 908 | #1,300 (1990) | #1,735 |
| 2000s | 732 | #1,744 (2000) | #2,433 |
| 2010s | 225 | #3,889 (2010) | #6,260 |
| 2020s | 58 | #7,640 (2023) | #10,328 |
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.
Pricilla in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 16,447 of them was named Pricilla, which outranked 90.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,395Rosie115
- #1,395Shanda115
- #1,395Tabetha115
- #1,407Pricilla114
- #1,407Aida114
- #1,407Chanell114
- #1,407Darla114
- #1,420Jeana113
- #1,420Johana113
- #1,420Kalli113
Tied with 12 names at #1,407; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.