girl's name
Priscila
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 5,024
Priscila is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 84 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2002, when 257 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 39,470 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1964.
Priscila over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 |
| 1970s | 118 |
| 1980s | 318 |
| 1990s | 928 |
| 2000s | 2,004 |
| 2010s | 1,026 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 492 |
How popular is Priscila?
In 2025, Priscila was given to 84 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Priscila is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Priscila
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Priscila also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Priscila over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Priscila in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Priscilia
Sibling names for Priscila
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Priscila — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Priscila
How popular is the name Priscila?
In 2025, Priscila was given to 84 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Priscila a girl's or a boy's name?
Priscila is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Priscila most popular?
Priscila peaked in 2002, when 257 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Priscila a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Priscila currently ranks #2,212 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.