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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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.

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 1960

girls
#252
1,215 births · 1 in 1,664 girls
boys
#3,077
8 births · 1 in 266,540 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #252Priscilla1,215

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #3,077Priscilla8
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,664 of them was named Priscilla, which outranked 96.6% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Priscilla
  1. #249Stacey1,228
  2. #250Robyn1,226
  3. #251Emily1,225
  4. #252Priscilla1,215
  5. #253Lynette1,213
  6. #254Caroline1,210
  7. #255Susie1,205
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 266,540 of them was named Priscilla, which outranked 33.1% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Priscilla
  1. #2,871Wilfrid9
  2. #2,871Williard9
  3. #2,871Zyndall9
  4. #3,077Priscilla8
  5. #3,077Adrien8
  6. #3,077Agustine8
  7. #3,077Aidan8
  8. #3,337Adin7
  9. #3,337Adonis7
  10. #3,337Adrienne7

Tied with 259 names at #3,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960