Is Priscilla a boy or girl name?
Priscilla is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 484 girls and 0 boys were named Priscilla, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 122,478 US babies named Priscilla were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #615
- Babies named Priscilla since 1880
- 122,478
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 1,998 babies
Boys and girls named Priscilla, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 375 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 589 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 937 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 3,378 | 100% |
| 1920s | 11 | 8,084 | 99.9% |
| 1930s | 12 | 8,538 | 99.9% |
| 1940s | 40 | 18,125 | 99.8% |
| 1950s | 16 | 14,241 | 99.9% |
| 1960s | 23 | 10,339 | 99.8% |
| 1970s | 28 | 9,114 | 99.7% |
| 1980s | 77 | 16,005 | 99.5% |
| 1990s | 37 | 14,493 | 99.7% |
| 2000s | 0 | 9,599 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 6,071 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 2,346 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 484 | #615 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 451 | #652 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 411 | #713 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 477 | #625 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 523 | #562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 487 | #618 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 535 | #577 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 592 | #526 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 669 | #476 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 635 | #501 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 652 | #483 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 637 | #479 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 631 | #488 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 612 | #485 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 621 | #486 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 772 | #413 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 777 | #413 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 876 | #374 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 874 | #374 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 909 | #346 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 921 | #347 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 1,080 | #288 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 1,090 | #285 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 1,130 | #279 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 1,170 | #273 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 1,291 | #247 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 1,284 | #239 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,980 | 1,156 | #253 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 1,093 | #260 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 1,307 | #215 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,879 | 1,507 | #197 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 1,596 | #182 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,456 | 1,726 | #179 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,174 | 1,779 | #168 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,975 | 1,754 | #167 |
| 1989 | 8 | #6,080 | 1,740 | #164 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 1,812 | #156 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,172 | 1,648 | #168 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,219 | 1,536 | #175 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,344 | 1,701 | #167 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,863 | 1,601 | #172 |
| 1983 | 10 | #4,074 | 1,508 | #180 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,203 | 1,488 | #184 |
| 1981 | 5 | #7,017 | 1,539 | #180 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,365 | 1,432 | #187 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 1,256 | #209 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,594 | 1,099 | #225 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 913 | #272 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 789 | #290 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 722 | #317 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,758 | 905 | #280 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,936 | 826 | #290 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 766 | #316 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 904 | #304 |
| 1970 | 7 | #4,140 | 934 | #304 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 919 | #300 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 857 | #302 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 871 | #290 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 846 | #302 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 945 | #284 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 1,138 | #267 |
| 1963 | 9 | #3,002 | 1,248 | #252 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 1,211 | #257 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,960 | 1,089 | #278 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,269 | 1,215 | #252 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 1,271 | #243 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 1,396 | #219 |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,416 | 1,449 | #220 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 1,350 | #224 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 1,280 | #226 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 1,307 | #222 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,703 | 1,379 | #214 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,133 | 1,547 | #192 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 1,590 | #181 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 1,672 | #169 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 1,935 | #154 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 1,847 | #156 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 1,933 | #151 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,444 | 1,659 | #160 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 1,412 | #166 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 1,576 | #157 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,931 | 1,834 | #146 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,492 | 1,988 | #135 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,303 | 1,971 | #132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,820 | 1,970 | #127 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,051 | 1,542 | #148 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 1,026 | #188 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 797 | #207 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 758 | #215 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 774 | #223 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 664 | #240 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 676 | #235 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 728 | #225 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 749 | #221 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,429 | 824 | #213 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 842 | #214 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 887 | #212 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,666 | 898 | #212 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 834 | #220 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 830 | #224 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 861 | #224 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,146 | 811 | #227 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 761 | #235 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 723 | #248 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 637 | #260 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 557 | #269 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 518 | #275 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 456 | #288 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 440 | #286 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 392 | #292 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 279 | #317 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 241 | #304 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 205 | #319 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 148 | #327 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 142 | #324 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 99 | #371 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 106 | #347 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 117 | #321 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 107 | #326 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 88 | #361 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 80 | #368 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 79 | #359 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 79 | #364 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 72 | #359 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 110 | #323 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 59 | #380 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 71 | #371 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 73 | #343 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 72 | #344 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 63 | #352 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 59 | #366 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 51 | #382 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 50 | #380 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 51 | #350 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 40 | #404 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 39 | #391 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 56 | #324 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 51 | #301 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 42 | #331 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 32 | #362 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 40 | #314 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 27 | #352 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 35 | #298 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 27 | #309 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 26 | #315 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Priscilla reached #2,303 in 1941. As a girl name, it reached #127 in 1940. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Priscilla
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.