Priscilla is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1942 and has since faded.
Priscilla is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #544 for girl births in the United States (and #1,096 across all names), given to 555 babies. Priscilla was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1942 (1,988 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 555 | 555 | #544 | — |
| 2024 | 487 | 487 | #613 | — |
| 2023 | 452 | 452 | #650 | — |
| 2022 | 411 | 411 | #714 | — |
| 2021 | 478 | 478 | #622 | — |
| 2020 | 523 | 523 | #563 | — |
| 2019 | 487 | 487 | #618 | — |
| 2018 | 535 | 535 | #577 | — |
| 2017 | 592 | 592 | #527 | — |
| 2016 | 669 | 669 | #476 | — |
| 2015 | 636 | 636 | #501 | — |
| 2014 | 652 | 652 | #483 | — |
| 2013 | 637 | 637 | #479 | — |
| 2012 | 632 | 640 | #488 | — |
| 2011 | 612 | 612 | #485 | — |
| 2010 | 621 | 627 | #486 | — |
| 2009 | 772 | 772 | #413 | — |
| 2008 | 777 | 777 | #413 | — |
| 2007 | 876 | 884 | #374 | — |
| 2006 | 874 | 874 | #374 | — |
| 2005 | 909 | 909 | #346 | — |
| 2004 | 921 | 921 | #347 | — |
| 2003 | 1,080 | 1,091 | #288 | — |
| 2002 | 1,090 | 1,103 | #285 | — |
| 2001 | 1,130 | 1,140 | #279 | — |
| 2000 | 1,170 | 1,184 | #273 | — |
| 1999 | 1,291 | 1,306 | #247 | — |
| 1998 | 1,284 | 1,302 | #239 | — |
| 1997 | 1,162 | — | #253 | #8,980 |
| 1996 | 1,093 | — | #260 | — |
| 1995 | 1,307 | — | #215 | — |
| 1994 | 1,512 | — | #197 | #9,880 |
| 1993 | 1,596 | — | #182 | — |
| 1992 | 1,731 | — | #179 | #9,456 |
| 1991 | 1,793 | — | #168 | #4,174 |
| 1990 | 1,761 | — | #167 | #6,975 |
| 1989 | 1,748 | — | #164 | #6,082 |
| 1988 | 1,812 | — | #156 | — |
| 1987 | 1,659 | — | #168 | #4,172 |
| 1986 | 1,544 | — | #175 | #5,217 |
| 1985 | 1,715 | — | #167 | #3,344 |
| 1984 | 1,609 | — | #172 | #4,863 |
| 1983 | 1,518 | — | #180 | #4,076 |
| 1982 | 1,494 | — | #184 | #6,201 |
| 1981 | 1,545 | — | #180 | #7,016 |
| 1980 | 1,439 | — | #187 | #5,365 |
| 1979 | 1,256 | — | #209 | — |
| 1978 | 1,105 | — | #225 | #5,594 |
| 1977 | 913 | — | #272 | — |
| 1976 | 789 | — | #290 | — |
| 1975 | 722 | — | #317 | — |
| 1974 | 913 | — | #280 | #3,758 |
| 1973 | 832 | — | #290 | #4,936 |
| 1972 | 766 | — | #316 | — |
| 1971 | 903 | — | #304 | — |
| 1970 | 943 | — | #304 | #4,139 |
| 1969 | 918 | — | #300 | — |
| 1968 | 857 | — | #302 | — |
| 1967 | 871 | — | #290 | — |
| 1966 | 846 | — | #302 | — |
| 1965 | 945 | — | #284 | — |
| 1964 | 1,138 | — | #267 | — |
| 1963 | 1,257 | — | #252 | #3,002 |
| 1962 | 1,211 | — | #257 | — |
| 1961 | 1,095 | — | #278 | #3,958 |
| 1960 | 1,223 | — | #252 | #3,269 |
| 1959 | 1,271 | — | #243 | — |
| 1958 | 1,396 | — | #219 | — |
| 1957 | 1,454 | — | #220 | #4,414 |
| 1956 | 1,350 | — | #224 | — |
| 1955 | 1,280 | — | #226 | — |
| 1954 | 1,307 | — | #222 | — |
| 1953 | 1,385 | — | #214 | #3,702 |
| 1952 | 1,552 | — | #192 | #4,133 |
| 1951 | 1,590 | — | #181 | — |
| 1950 | 1,672 | — | #169 | — |
| 1949 | 1,935 | — | #154 | — |
| 1948 | 1,847 | — | #156 | — |
| 1947 | 1,933 | — | #151 | — |
| 1946 | 1,665 | — | #160 | #3,444 |
| 1945 | 1,412 | — | #166 | — |
| 1944 | 1,576 | — | #157 | — |
| 1943 | 1,839 | — | #146 | #3,931 |
| 1942 | 1,998 | — | #135 | #2,492 |
| 1941 | 1,982 | — | #132 | #2,303 |
| 1940 | 1,978 | — | #127 | #2,820 |
| 1939 | 1,549 | — | #148 | #3,051 |
| 1938 | 1,026 | — | #188 | — |
| 1937 | 797 | — | #207 | — |
| 1936 | 758 | — | #215 | — |
| 1935 | 774 | — | #223 | — |
| 1934 | 664 | — | #240 | — |
| 1933 | 676 | — | #235 | — |
| 1932 | 728 | — | #225 | — |
| 1931 | 749 | — | #221 | — |
| 1930 | 829 | — | #213 | #4,429 |
| 1929 | 842 | — | #214 | — |
| 1928 | 887 | — | #212 | — |
| 1927 | 903 | — | #212 | #4,666 |
| 1926 | 834 | — | #220 | — |
| 1925 | 830 | — | #224 | — |
| 1924 | 861 | — | #224 | — |
| 1923 | 817 | — | #227 | #4,146 |
| 1922 | 761 | — | #235 | — |
| 1921 | 723 | — | #248 | — |
| 1920 | 637 | — | #260 | — |
| 1919 | 557 | — | #269 | — |
| 1918 | 518 | — | #275 | — |
| 1917 | 456 | — | #288 | — |
| 1916 | 440 | — | #286 | — |
| 1915 | 392 | — | #292 | — |
| 1914 | 279 | — | #317 | — |
| 1913 | 241 | — | #304 | — |
| 1912 | 205 | — | #319 | — |
| 1911 | 148 | — | #327 | — |
| 1910 | 142 | — | #324 | — |
| 1909 | 99 | — | #371 | — |
| 1908 | 106 | — | #347 | — |
| 1907 | 117 | — | #321 | — |
| 1906 | 107 | — | #326 | — |
| 1905 | 88 | — | #361 | — |
| 1904 | 80 | — | #368 | — |
| 1903 | 79 | — | #359 | — |
| 1902 | 79 | — | #364 | — |
| 1901 | 72 | — | #359 | — |
| 1900 | 110 | — | #323 | — |
| 1899 | 59 | — | #380 | — |
| 1898 | 71 | — | #371 | — |
| 1897 | 73 | — | #343 | — |
| 1896 | 72 | — | #344 | — |
| 1895 | 63 | — | #352 | — |
| 1894 | 59 | — | #366 | — |
| 1893 | 51 | — | #382 | — |
| 1892 | 50 | — | #380 | — |
| 1891 | 51 | — | #350 | — |
| 1890 | 40 | — | #404 | — |
| 1889 | 39 | — | #391 | — |
| 1888 | 56 | — | #324 | — |
| 1887 | 51 | — | #301 | — |
| 1886 | 42 | — | #331 | — |
| 1885 | 32 | — | #362 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | — | #314 | — |
| 1883 | 27 | — | #352 | — |
| 1882 | 35 | — | #298 | — |
| 1881 | 27 | — | #309 | — |
| 1880 | 26 | — | #315 | — |