Precious is an established girls' name that peaked in 2001 and has since faded.
Precious is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,158 for girl births in the United States (and #5,585 across all names), given to 51 babies. Precious was first reported in SSA data in 1897 and peaked in 2001 (746 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | #3,158 | — |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | #2,581 | — |
| 2023 | 76 | 76 | #2,549 | #11,911 |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | #2,186 | — |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | #2,228 | — |
| 2020 | 58 | 63 | #2,847 | — |
| 2019 | 96 | 96 | #2,102 | #11,789 |
| 2018 | 113 | 113 | #1,810 | — |
| 2017 | 111 | 111 | #1,850 | — |
| 2016 | 115 | 115 | #1,881 | #11,793 |
| 2015 | 136 | 136 | #1,640 | #13,553 |
| 2014 | 133 | 133 | #1,620 | — |
| 2013 | 150 | 157 | #1,522 | #13,578 |
| 2012 | 157 | 157 | #1,455 | — |
| 2011 | 199 | 199 | #1,208 | — |
| 2010 | 268 | 268 | #957 | — |
| 2009 | 372 | 372 | #774 | #13,975 |
| 2008 | 375 | 375 | #784 | — |
| 2007 | 501 | 501 | #601 | — |
| 2006 | 534 | 534 | #551 | — |
| 2005 | 529 | 529 | #544 | — |
| 2004 | 517 | 517 | #560 | #12,748 |
| 2003 | 558 | 558 | #516 | #12,274 |
| 2002 | 696 | 696 | #423 | #9,147 |
| 2001 | 746 | 751 | #392 | — |
| 2000 | 648 | 648 | #436 | — |
| 1999 | 687 | 694 | #406 | — |
| 1998 | 741 | 741 | #381 | — |
| 1997 | 639 | — | #410 | — |
| 1996 | 703 | — | #377 | — |
| 1995 | 620 | — | #415 | — |
| 1994 | 638 | — | #399 | #7,549 |
| 1993 | 594 | — | #423 | — |
| 1992 | 569 | — | #444 | — |
| 1991 | 574 | — | #446 | — |
| 1990 | 555 | — | #452 | #6,265 |
| 1989 | 504 | — | #480 | #6,079 |
| 1988 | 533 | — | #433 | #5,595 |
| 1987 | 432 | — | #502 | #7,838 |
| 1986 | 418 | — | #503 | — |
| 1985 | 377 | — | #530 | — |
| 1984 | 278 | — | #634 | — |
| 1983 | 268 | — | #642 | — |
| 1982 | 271 | — | #659 | — |
| 1981 | 252 | — | #692 | #6,051 |
| 1980 | 256 | — | #692 | #5,364 |
| 1979 | 188 | — | #831 | — |
| 1978 | 140 | — | #989 | — |
| 1977 | 132 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1976 | 88 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1975 | 106 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | — | #1,233 | — |
| 1973 | 72 | — | #1,457 | #4,933 |
| 1972 | 87 | — | #1,222 | — |
| 1971 | 65 | — | #1,532 | — |
| 1970 | 59 | — | #1,615 | — |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #2,339 | — |
| 1968 | 54 | — | #1,571 | — |
| 1967 | 38 | — | #1,915 | — |
| 1966 | 38 | — | #1,874 | — |
| 1965 | 37 | — | #1,906 | — |
| 1964 | 31 | — | #2,181 | — |
| 1963 | 30 | — | #2,204 | — |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #2,583 | — |
| 1961 | 23 | — | #2,592 | — |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #2,704 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,218 | — |
| 1958 | 20 | — | #2,643 | — |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,129 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,599 | — |
| 1955 | 18 | — | #2,698 | — |
| 1954 | 24 | — | #2,219 | — |
| 1953 | 16 | — | #2,787 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,388 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,070 | — |
| 1950 | 21 | — | #2,174 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,797 | — |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,675 | — |
| 1947 | 16 | — | #2,611 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #3,383 | — |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,426 | — |
| 1944 | 21 | — | #1,902 | — |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #2,330 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #2,008 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #3,161 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | — | #2,191 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,860 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,171 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #3,050 | — |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #3,112 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,538 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | — | #2,255 | — |
| 1932 | 25 | — | #1,562 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,548 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,597 | — |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #1,809 | #4,416 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,267 | — |
| 1927 | 34 | — | #1,551 | #4,664 |
| 1926 | 26 | — | #1,983 | #4,081 |
| 1925 | 28 | — | #1,836 | #4,743 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,639 | — |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #2,149 | — |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,776 | — |
| 1921 | 18 | — | #2,180 | — |
| 1920 | 25 | — | #1,695 | — |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,692 | #4,657 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #2,186 | #4,658 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #2,185 | #3,883 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #2,624 | #4,361 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,860 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #4,080 | — |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,760 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,767 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #1,321 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,478 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,055 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #2,011 | — |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,171 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,117 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,748 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,566 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,885 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,913 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,519 | — |