Pricila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- prih-SIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Pricila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient, venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Pricila mean?
Latin: spelling of Pricilla, itself a spelling of Priscilla
“ancient, venerable”
In the New Testament Priscilla and her husband Aquila were missionaries who worked alongside Saint Paul.
Meaning borrowed from Pricilla.
Is Pricila a girl's or a boy's name?
Pricila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pricila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Pricila, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Pricila in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pricila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 78 | #2,111 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Pricila
- Cilla
Names like Pricila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paulina, Priscila, Ximena, Mariana, Serena, Ariana, Alora, Paloma, Solana, Sierra, Montserrat, Montana
Names related to Pricila
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pricila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pricila, updated 20 October 2026.