girl's name
Prescillia
- Gender Girl
- Letters 10
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 5,645
Prescillia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in France in 1992, when 415 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1971.
Prescillia over time
Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 45 |
| 1980s | 1,165 |
| 1990s | 3,335 |
| 2000s | 945 |
| 2010s | 140 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 15 |
How popular is Prescillia?
In 2025, Prescillia was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Prescillia is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Préscillia | Préscillia is a rare spelling of Prescillia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 70 times, mostly in France. | 70 |
Names that peaked alongside Prescillia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Prescillia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Prescillia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Prescillia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Prescillia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Prescillia
Is Prescillia a girl's or a boy's name?
Prescillia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Prescillia most popular?
Prescillia peaked in 1992, when 415 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Prescillia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Prescillia currently ranks #5,316 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.