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
- Peak · girls
- 1940 · 1,970 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 122,796since 1880
Priscilla over time
Rank among girls' names. Priscilla has never cracked the top 100 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 | #544 | 555 | — | |
| 2024 | #613 | 487 | — | |
| 2023 | #649 | 452 | — | |
| 2022 | #714 | 411 | — | |
| 2021 | #620 | 478 | — | |
| 2020 | #561 | 523 | — | |
| 2019 | #618 | 487 | — | |
| 2018 | #577 | 535 | — | |
| 2017 | #526 | 592 | — | |
| 2016 | #476 | 669 | — | |
| 2015 | #501 | 636 | — | |
| 2014 | #483 | 652 | — | |
| 2013 | #479 | 637 | — | |
| 2012 | #488 | 632 | — | |
| 2011 | #484 | 612 | — | |
| 2010 | #486 | 621 | — | |
| 2009 | #412 | 772 | — | |
| 2008 | #412 | 777 | — | |
| 2007 | #374 | 876 | — | |
| 2006 | #373 | 874 | — | |
| 2005 | #345 | 909 | — | |
| 2004 | #346 | 921 | — | |
| 2003 | #288 | 1,080 | — | |
| 2002 | #285 | 1,090 | — | |
| 2001 | #279 | 1,130 | — | |
| 2000 | #273 | 1,170 | — | |
| 1999 | #247 | 1,291 | — | |
| 1998 | #238 | 1,284 | — | |
| 1997 | #253 | 1,156 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #259 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1995 | #215 | 1,307 | — | |
| 1994 | #196 | 1,507 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #182 | 1,596 | — | |
| 1992 | #179 | 1,726 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #168 | 1,779 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #167 | 1,754 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #164 | 1,740 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #156 | 1,812 | — | |
| 1987 | #168 | 1,648 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #175 | 1,536 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #167 | 1,701 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #172 | 1,601 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #180 | 1,508 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #184 | 1,488 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #180 | 1,540 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #187 | 1,432 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #209 | 1,256 | — | |
| 1978 | #225 | 1,099 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #272 | 913 | — | |
| 1976 | #290 | 789 | — | |
| 1975 | #317 | 722 | — | |
| 1974 | #280 | 904 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #290 | 826 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #316 | 766 | — | |
| 1971 | #304 | 903 | — | |
| 1970 | #304 | 936 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #300 | 918 | — | |
| 1968 | #302 | 857 | — | |
| 1967 | #290 | 871 | — | |
| 1966 | #300 | 846 | — | |
| 1965 | #283 | 945 | — | |
| 1964 | #267 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1963 | #252 | 1,248 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #257 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1961 | #278 | 1,089 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #252 | 1,215 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #243 | 1,271 | — | |
| 1958 | #219 | 1,396 | — | |
| 1957 | #220 | 1,449 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #224 | 1,350 | — | |
| 1955 | #226 | 1,280 | — | |
| 1954 | #222 | 1,307 | — | |
| 1953 | #214 | 1,379 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #192 | 1,547 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #181 | 1,590 | — | |
| 1950 | #169 | 1,672 | — | |
| 1949 | #154 | 1,935 | — | |
| 1948 | #155 | 1,847 | — | |
| 1947 | #151 | 1,933 | — | |
| 1946 | #160 | 1,659 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #166 | 1,412 | — | |
| 1944 | #157 | 1,576 | — | |
| 1943 | #146 | 1,834 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #135 | 1,988 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #132 | 1,971 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #127 | 1,970 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #148 | 1,542 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #188 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1937 | #207 | 797 | — | |
| 1936 | #215 | 758 | — | |
| 1935 | #220 | 774 | — | |
| 1934 | #240 | 664 | — | |
| 1933 | #234 | 676 | — | |
| 1932 | #225 | 728 | — | |
| 1931 | #221 | 749 | — | |
| 1930 | #213 | 824 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #214 | 842 | — | |
| 1928 | #212 | 887 | — | |
| 1927 | #211 | 898 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #220 | 834 | — | |
| 1925 | #224 | 830 | — | |
| 1924 | #224 | 861 | — | |
| 1923 | #227 | 811 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #234 | 761 | — | |
| 1921 | #248 | 723 | — | |
| 1920 | #260 | 637 | — | |
| 1919 | #269 | 557 | — | |
| 1918 | #275 | 518 | — | |
| 1917 | #288 | 456 | — | |
| 1916 | #286 | 440 | — | |
| 1915 | #292 | 392 | — | |
| 1914 | #316 | 279 | — | |
| 1913 | #304 | 241 | — | |
| 1912 | #319 | 205 | — | |
| 1911 | #325 | 148 | — | |
| 1910 | #322 | 142 | — | |
| 1909 | #368 | 99 | — | |
| 1908 | #345 | 106 | — | |
| 1907 | #321 | 117 | — | |
| 1906 | #325 | 107 | — | |
| 1905 | #357 | 88 | — | |
| 1904 | #365 | 80 | — | |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 | — | |
| 1902 | #362 | 79 | — | |
| 1901 | #359 | 72 | — | |
| 1900 | #322 | 110 | — | |
| 1899 | #378 | 59 | — | |
| 1898 | #371 | 71 | — | |
| 1897 | #343 | 73 | — | |
| 1896 | #343 | 72 | — | |
| 1895 | #352 | 63 | — | |
| 1894 | #364 | 59 | — | |
| 1893 | #379 | 51 | — | |
| 1892 | #378 | 50 | — | |
| 1891 | #349 | 51 | — | |
| 1890 | #400 | 40 | — | |
| 1889 | #388 | 39 | — | |
| 1888 | #320 | 56 | — | |
| 1887 | #297 | 51 | — | |
| 1886 | #326 | 42 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #304 | 40 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #296 | 35 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 | — | |
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 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#38 · 1 in 142
- Massachusetts#50 · 1 in 212
- Vermont#51 · 1 in 171
- New Hampshire#65 · 1 in 212
- New Mexico#101 · 1 in 342
Best ever in a state: #15 in New Hampshire, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #38 | 47 | 1 in 142 |
| Massachusetts | #50 | 172 | 1 in 212 |
| Vermont | #51 | 15 | 1 in 171 |
| New Hampshire | #65 | 16 | 1 in 212 |
| New Mexico | #101 | 12 | 1 in 342 |
| Connecticut | #133 | 19 | 1 in 668 |
| Rhode Island | #137 | 9 | 1 in 634 |
| Hawaii | #152 | 7 | 1 in 488 |
| Washington | #166 | 10 | 1 in 992 |
| Wisconsin | #167 | 22 | 1 in 1,130 |
| New Jersey | #172 | 26 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Minnesota | #173 | 19 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Arizona | #179 | 5 | 1 in 672 |
| Maryland | #185 | 12 | 1 in 1,207 |
| California | #201 | 28 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Michigan | #208 | 24 | 1 in 1,600 |
| Virginia | #208 | 19 | 1 in 1,487 |
| Pennsylvania | #209 | 51 | 1 in 1,887 |
| New York | #220 | 56 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Ohio | #227 | 28 | 1 in 2,000 |
| Illinois | #234 | 29 | 1 in 2,044 |
| Indiana | #245 | 12 | 1 in 2,246 |
| Missouri | #257 | 16 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Mississippi | #259 | 13 | 1 in 1,723 |
| Colorado | #263 | 5 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Oklahoma | #263 | 16 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Nebraska | #268 | 6 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Iowa | #272 | 9 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Louisiana | #291 | 13 | 1 in 1,769 |
| North Carolina | #313 | 14 | 1 in 2,805 |
| West Virginia | #317 | 8 | 1 in 2,587 |
| South Carolina | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,962 |
| Georgia | #474 | 6 | 1 in 5,740 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 5 | 1 in 5,694 |
| Texas | #500 | 16 | 1 in 3,639 |
| Alabama | #532 | 5 | 1 in 6,236 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| 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 Priscilla
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1940 at #127 (1,970 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 580 girls born in 1940 were named Priscilla (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,896 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 14.8% of all girls named Priscilla (18,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 375 | #296 (1882) | #324 |
| 1890s | 589 | #343 (1897) | #366 |
| 1900s | 937 | #321 (1907) | #348 |
| 1910s | 3,378 | #269 (1919) | #300 |
| 1920s | 8,084 | #211 (1927) | #227 |
| 1930s | 8,538 | #148 (1939) | #211 |
| 1940s | 18,125 | #127 (1940) | #148 |
| 1950s | 14,241 | #169 (1950) | #211 |
| 1960s | 10,338 | #252 (1963) | #278 |
| 1970s | 9,114 | #209 (1979) | #281 |
| 1980s | 16,006 | #156 (1988) | #173 |
| 1990s | 14,493 | #167 (1990) | #210 |
| 2000s | 9,599 | #273 (2000) | #339 |
| 2010s | 6,073 | #476 (2016) | #512 |
| 2020s | 2,906 | #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 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 1,488 of them was named Priscilla, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 182,684 of them was named Priscilla, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,467Winfrey7
- #3,467Wolcott7
- #3,467Zygmunt7
- #3,822Priscilla6
- #3,822Abb6
- #3,822Able6
- #3,822Adams6
- #4,239Abdon5
- #4,239Ac5
- #4,239Add5
Tied with 416 names at #3,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.