How rare is the name Priscila?

7,484 people in the United States have the first name Priscila, about 1 in 40,357. It ranks #2,992 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PRISCILA

#2,992

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,484
About
1 in 40,357
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,484 people named Priscila, 72.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% as White and 7.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Priscila peaked in 2002, when 257 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
257
In 2025*
84 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,897 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Priscila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,051. The largest share of babies named Priscila, 57.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,41311
1970s#7,478118
1980s#4,643318
1990s#2,813928
2000s#2,0512,004
2010s#3,4801,026
2020s#4,048492
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–1257.9%
2013 and later23.1%

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 Priscila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Priscila has been most common in California (4.1×), Arizona (3.9×), and Texas (3.8×), and least common in North Carolina (0.39×).

3,348 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 Priscila

1 other first name also has 7,484 people.

#2,992 Kitty · 7,484

Either side of Priscila

#2,991 Anil · 7,485#2,992 Kitty · 7,484#2,994 Cordell · 7,482#2,995 Yun · 7,480

Spelled almost the same

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

#603 Priscilla · 87,905#4,862 Pricilla · 3,692#9,742 Pricila · 1,408#14,117 Prescilla · 841#15,961 Prisila · 713#16,310 Priscella · 694#16,782 Prisilla · 667#31,173 Priscillia · 276

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