Preciosa

preh-sih-OH-suh /ˌpɹɛsɪˈoʊsə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Preciosa is a very rare variant of Precious that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.

Preciosa is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2011. Preciosa was first reported in SSA data in 1990 and peaked in 1999 (19 births).

About the name Preciosa

Pronunciationpreh-sih-OH-suh /ˌpɹɛsɪˈoʊsə/
CulturePortuguese
19peak births 1999
1990first in SSA data

Names similar to Preciosa

How popular is Preciosa?

Girls named Preciosa
199019952000200520102011
Girls named Preciosa per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1990–2011 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2011) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Preciosa total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201166#16,306
201055#19,163
200955#19,516
200899#12,361
20071111#10,647
20061212#9,765
20051111#9,966
20041010#10,506
20031414#7,896
200299#10,874
20011515#7,235
20001919#5,884
19991919#5,601
19905—#14,598