first name
PRECIOUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,863 people named Precious, 73.3% reported their origin as Black, 10.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Precious peaked in 2001, when 746 babies got the name.
At least 19,540 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Precious by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #790. The largest share of babies named Precious, 41.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Precious is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Precious has been most common in Hawaii (3.3×), Louisiana (2.5×), and Mississippi (2.2×), and least common in Washington (0.22×).
16,178 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Precious
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Precious, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Precious ranks #109,993 of 156,621, with 171 people. See Precious as a last name
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