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.
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 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 2,608 of them was named Precious, which outranked 97.7% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 277,359 of them was named Precious, which outranked 32.3% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,643Ziah8
- #7,643Ziaire8
- #7,643Zvi8
- #8,456Precious7
- #8,456Aaronjoseph7
- #8,456Abayomi7
- #8,456Abednego7
- #9,392Aalijah6
- #9,392Aarav6
- #9,392Aarik6
Tied with 935 names at #8,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.