How rare is the name Pricilla?

3,692 people in the United States have the first name Pricilla, about 1 in 81,807. It ranks #4,862 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PRICILLA

#4,862

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,692
About
1 in 81,807
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,692 people named Pricilla, 58.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 21.5% as White and 12.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pricilla peaked in 1990, when 125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
125
In 2025*
13 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,466 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.

Pricilla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,406. The largest share of babies named Pricilla, 32.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,52813
1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,25328
1910s#6,71436
1920s#4,961113
1930s#4,82096
1940s#2,813281
1950s#3,264287
1960s#2,958399
1970s#3,208442
1980s#2,406843
1990s#2,852908
2000s#4,163732
2010s#9,789225
2020s#16,52158
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–455.9%
Baby boom 1946–6413.8%
Generation X 1965–8016%
Millennials 1981–9632.3%
Generation Z 1997–1224%
2013 and later4%

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 Pricilla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pricilla has been most common in California (4.9×), Texas (4.4×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.31×).

2,040 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.

Exactly as common as Pricilla

1 other first name also has 3,692 people.

#4,862 Jones · 3,692

Either side of Pricilla

#4,860 Rosy · 3,693#4,862 Jones · 3,692#4,864 Daisha · 3,690#4,865 Rekha · 3,689

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pricilla, most common first.

#603 Priscilla · 87,905#2,992 Priscila · 7,484#9,742 Pricila · 1,408#14,117 Prescilla · 841#15,961 Prisila · 713#16,310 Priscella · 694#16,782 Prisilla · 667#17,205 Precilla · 645

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