Precious
Precious is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. Its best rank was 377th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2001746 births
- Best rank
- #377in 1996
- Since 1897
- 19,342people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,342 girls have been named Precious in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 746 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 33%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Precious | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 55 | |
| 1910s | 113 | |
| 1920s | 208 | |
| 1930s | 138 | |
| 1940s | 168 | |
| 1950s | 165 | |
| 1960s | 326 | |
| 1970s | 1,020 | |
| 1980s | 3,555 | |
| 1990s | 6,305 | |
| 2000s | 5,454 | |
| 2010s | 1,456 | |
| 2020s | 368 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Precious was the 392nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Precious
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teannapeak 1996
- Keyanapeak 1994
- Yajairapeak 2005
- Monetpeak 1997
- Shalynpeak 2000
- Franchescapeak 1992
- Cristalpeak 1991
- Raychelpeak 1995
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.