Priscila Girl
How popular is Priscila?
#2,194 girl name in 2025
84 baby girls were named Priscila in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
Priscila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,194 for girls (▲ 339 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,351 in 2015, #1,991 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (257 girls) |
| Highest rank | #880 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Priscila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Priscilla family of names ranked #462 for girls in 2025 (#525 the year before), with 639 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Priscilla | 555 | 87% |
| Priscila | 84 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Priscila is most popular
Babies named Priscila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Priscila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | #6,008 |
| 1970s | 118 | #3,283 |
| 1980s | 318 | #2,333 |
| 1990s | 928 | #1,075 |
| 2000s | 2,004 | #880 |
| 2010s | 1,026 | #1,481 |
| 2020s | 492 | #1,991 |
Girl names about as popular as Priscila
Questions
- Is Priscila a boy or girl name?
- Priscila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Priscila were girls.
- How popular is the name Priscila?
- 84 baby girls were named Priscila in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
- When was Priscila most popular?
- Priscila peaked in 2002, when 257 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #880 in 2002.
- How many people are named Priscila?
- 4,897 babies have been named Priscila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,841 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Priscila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Priscila was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.