Priscilla Girl
How popular is Priscilla?
#544 girl name in 2025
555 baby girls were named Priscilla in the US in 2025, making it the 544th most popular girl name.
Priscilla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #544 for girls (▲ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 555 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #501 in 2015, #561 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1942 (1,988 girls) |
| Highest rank | #127 in 1940 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Priscilla 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 Priscilla is most popular
Babies named Priscilla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.5 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (451 girls)
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Nevada: 0.5 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Priscilla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 375 | #296 |
| 1890s | 589 | #343 |
| 1900s | 937 | #321 |
| 1910s | 3,378 | #269 |
| 1920s | 8,084 | #211 |
| 1930s | 8,538 | #148 |
| 1940s | 18,125 | #127 |
| 1950s | 14,241 | #169 |
| 1960s | 10,338 | #252 |
| 1970s | 9,114 | #209 |
| 1980s | 16,006 | #156 |
| 1990s | 14,493 | #167 |
| 2000s | 9,599 | #273 |
| 2010s | 6,073 | #476 |
| 2020s | 2,906 | #544 |
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Questions
- Is Priscilla a boy or girl name?
- Priscilla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Priscilla were girls.
- How popular is the name Priscilla?
- 555 baby girls were named Priscilla in the US in 2025, making it the 544th most popular girl name.
- When was Priscilla most popular?
- Priscilla peaked in 1942, when 1,988 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #127 in 1940.
- How many people are named Priscilla?
- 123,040 babies have been named Priscilla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 91,547 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Priscilla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Priscilla was most common in Missouri, at 0.5 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.