Priscilla

#544 for girls in 2025, 555 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1940 · 1,970 births
Debut · girls
26 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
122,796
since 1880

Priscilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Priscilla has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #127, 1940girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#544555—
2024#613487—
2023#649452—
2022#714411—
2021#620478—
2020#561523—
2019#618487—
2018#577535—
2017#526592—
2016#476669—
2015#501636—
2014#483652—
2013#479637—
2012#488632—
2011#484612—
2010#486621—
2009#412772—
2008#412777—
2007#374876—
2006#373874—
2005#345909—
2004#346921—
2003#2881,080—
2002#2851,090—
2001#2791,130—
2000#2731,170—
1999#2471,291—
1998#2381,284—
1997#2531,156#8,1106
1996#2591,093—
1995#2151,307—
1994#1961,507#8,8005
1993#1821,596—
1992#1791,726#8,4355
1991#1681,779#4,00514
1990#1671,754#6,4157
1989#1641,740#5,6158
1988#1561,812—
1987#1681,648#3,95911
1986#1751,536#4,8538
1985#1671,701#3,21614
1984#1721,601#4,5528
1983#1801,508#3,88410
1982#1841,488#5,6196
1981#1801,540#6,2625
1980#1871,432#4,9407
1979#2091,256—
1978#2251,099#5,0596
1977#272913—
1976#290789—
1975#317722—
1974#280904#3,5589
1973#290826#4,5056
1972#316766—
1971#304903—
1970#304936#3,8367
1969#300918—
1968#302857—
1967#290871—
1966#300846—
1965#283945—
1964#2671,138—
1963#2521,248#2,8589
1962#2571,211—
1961#2781,089#3,6526
1960#2521,215#3,0778
1959#2431,271—
1958#2191,396—
1957#2201,449#3,9935
1956#2241,350—
1955#2261,280—
1954#2221,307—
1953#2141,379#3,4256
1952#1921,547#3,7345
1951#1811,590—
1950#1691,672—
1949#1541,935—
1948#1551,847—
1947#1511,933—
1946#1601,659#3,1736
1945#1661,412—
1944#1571,576—
1943#1461,834#3,5385
1942#1351,988#2,38610
1941#1321,971#2,20711
1940#1271,970#2,6718
1939#1481,542#2,8297
1938#1881,026—
1937#207797—
1936#215758—
1935#220774—
1934#240664—
1933#234676—
1932#225728—
1931#221749—
1930#213824#4,0015
1929#214842—
1928#212887—
1927#211898#4,2105
1926#220834—
1925#224830—
1924#224861—
1923#227811#3,8226
1922#234761—
1921#248723—
1920#260637—
1919#269557—
1918#275518—
1917#288456—
1916#286440—
1915#292392—
1914#316279—
1913#304241—
1912#319205—
1911#325148—
1910#322142—
1909#36899—
1908#345106—
1907#321117—
1906#325107—
1905#35788—
1904#36580—
1903#35579—
1902#36279—
1901#35972—
1900#322110—
1899#37859—
1898#37171—
1897#34373—
1896#34372—
1895#35263—
1894#36459—
1893#37951—
1892#37850—
1891#34951—
1890#40040—
1889#38839—
1888#32056—
1887#29751—
1886#32642—
1885#35432—
1884#30440—
1883#34327—
1882#29635—
1881#30127—
1880#30926—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Priscilla was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 36 girls a year got the name.

Where Priscilla is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Priscilla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#613 → #544)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#561 → #544)
  • 43 spots since 2015 (#501 → #544)
  • Biggest jump: 69 spots in 2025 (#613 → #544)
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2022 (#620 → #714)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1940 at #127 (1,970 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 580
  • Highest: 1 in 580 girls born in 1940 were named Priscilla (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,896 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Priscilla (18,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s375#296 (1882)#324
1890s589#343 (1897)#366
1900s937#321 (1907)#348
1910s3,378#269 (1919)#300
1920s8,084#211 (1927)#227
1930s8,538#148 (1939)#211
1940s18,125#127 (1940)#148
1950s14,241#169 (1950)#211
1960s10,338#252 (1963)#278
1970s9,114#209 (1979)#281
1980s16,006#156 (1988)#173
1990s14,493#167 (1990)#210
2000s9,599#273 (2000)#339
2010s6,073#476 (2016)#512
2020s2,906#544 (2025)#617

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.

Priscilla in 1892

girls
#378
50 births · 1 in 4,247 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #378Priscilla50
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 4,247 of them was named Priscilla, which outranked 77.2% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Priscilla
  1. #373Molly51
  2. #373Vina51
  3. #373Willa51
  4. #378Priscilla50
  5. #378Angelina50
  6. #378Angie50
  7. #381Jewell49
  8. #381Kittie49
  9. #381Lenore49

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →