Pricilla

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
#828
1886 · 8 births
Debut · girls
1883
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,466
since 1883

Pricilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pricilla has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #828, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#12,1617
2023#7,64014
2022#13,5926
2021#11,1468
2020#9,54610
2019#7,02516
2018#6,24819
2017#8,29913
2016#8,39313
2015#8,93112
2014#5,02527
2013#5,83422
2012#4,70730
2011#4,24434
2010#3,88939
2009#2,89260
2008#3,08455
2007#2,82264
2006#2,57970
2005#2,37974
2004#2,42470
2003#2,32172
2002#1,91592
2001#2,17175
2000#1,744100
1999#1,94081
1998#1,89980
1997#1,89977
1996#2,28258
1995#2,00668
1994#1,408114
1993#1,62993
1992#1,57598
1991#1,407114
1990#1,300125
1989#1,444102
1988#1,292112
1987#1,59178
1986#1,47285
1985#1,37394
1984#1,44680
1983#1,35888
1982#1,67268
1981#1,73465
1980#1,62471
1979#2,14746
1978#1,84154
1977#2,30739
1976#2,06042
1975#2,13640
1974#1,88146
1973#1,91343
1972#2,05738
1971#1,82848
1970#1,87746
1969#1,95541
1968#1,74945
1967#1,84840
1966#2,05832
1965#1,68944
1964#1,80342
1963#1,75443
1962#1,85838
1961#1,80740
1960#1,95334
1959#1,74140
1958#1,85635
1957#2,27624
1956#1,89732
1955#2,22224
1954#2,18624
1953#2,59517
1952#1,97826
1951#1,77230
1950#1,57635
1949#1,69731
1948#1,95324
1947#1,43842
1946#1,48135
1945#1,62126
1944#1,69824
1943#1,66426
1942#1,55928
1941#2,01817
1940#1,44228
1939#1,58523
1938#2,9409
1937#2,9409
1936#3,7016
1935#2,30513
1934#2,9239
1933#3,4067
1932#3,9016
1931#4,3315
1930#3,0559
1929#3,1379
1928#3,4368
1927#2,55213
1926#3,5648
1925#2,77812
1924#2,80912
1923#2,09118
1922#2,78012
1921#3,16410
1920#2,89911
1919#3,2199
1918#3,2449
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1915#4,2745
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1913#3,1875
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1911#1,7928
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1909#1,7637
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1905#1,6966
1904#1,2519
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1902#1,5946
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1890#1,3385
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1886#8288
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1883#9205
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First appearance
1883

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.

See more about Pricilla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1886 at #828 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,188
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 20.3% of all girls named Pricilla (908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#828 (1886)#874
1890s5#1,338 (1890)#1,338
1900s28#1,251 (1904)#1,576
1910s36#1,792 (1911)#3,143
1920s113#2,091 (1923)#2,921
1930s96#1,585 (1939)#3,109
1940s281#1,438 (1947)#1,657
1950s287#1,576 (1950)#2,010
1960s399#1,689 (1965)#1,847
1970s442#1,828 (1971)#2,005
1980s843#1,292 (1988)#1,501
1990s908#1,300 (1990)#1,735
2000s732#1,744 (2000)#2,433
2010s225#3,889 (2010)#6,260
2020s58#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 1997

girls
#1,899
77 births · 1 in 22,607 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,899Pricilla77
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 22,607 of them was named Pricilla, which outranked 88.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pricilla
  1. #1,884Niki78
  2. #1,884Sunshine78
  3. #1,884Tegan78
  4. #1,899Pricilla77
  5. #1,899Ainsley77
  6. #1,899Alba77
  7. #1,899Alesia77
  8. #1,914Annamaria76
  9. #1,914Ester76
  10. #1,914Harleigh76

Tied with 14 names at #1,899; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →