Priscilla
Priscilla is ranked 615th among girls in 2024 (484 births). Its best rank was 127th, in 1940.
- Rank in 2024
- #615up 37 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4840.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19421,988 births
- Best rank
- #127in 1940
- Since 1880
- 122,234people given the name
The story in the numbers
122,234 girls have been named Priscilla in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 1,988 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 483 → 615).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1940s alone account for 15%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Priscilla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 375 | |
| 1890s | 589 | |
| 1900s | 937 | |
| 1910s | 3,378 | |
| 1920s | 8,084 | |
| 1930s | 8,538 | |
| 1940s | 18,125 | |
| 1950s | 14,241 | |
| 1960s | 10,339 | |
| 1970s | 9,114 | |
| 1980s | 16,005 | |
| 1990s | 14,493 | |
| 2000s | 9,599 | |
| 2010s | 6,071 | |
| 2020s | 2,346 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Priscilla was the 135th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Priscilla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janettpeak 1991
- Carlynpeak 1992
- Fredrickapeak 1991
- Jacquelynepeak 1961
- Janeypeak 1947
- Elidapeak 1946
- Margaritapeak 1957
- Claudiapeak 1952
Other spellings in the data
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.