Pricilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- prih-SIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Pricilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient, venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Pricilla mean?
Latin: spelling of Priscilla
“ancient, venerable”
In the New Testament Priscilla and her husband Aquila were missionaries who worked alongside Saint Paul.
Is Pricilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Pricilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pricilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Pricilla, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Pricilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pricilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 70 | #2,579 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,626 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,572 |
| 1991 | 114 | #1,403 |
| 1990 | 125 | #1,296 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,441 |
| 1988 | 112 | #1,291 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,590 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,372 |
| 1984 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1983 | 88 | #1,358 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,672 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,307 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,955 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,848 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,753 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,855 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,771 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Nicknames for Pricilla
- Cilla
Names like Pricilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priscilla, Amanda, Marina, Monica, Miranda, Diana, Serena, Melissa, Francesca, Jessica, Joanna, Samantha
Names related to Pricilla
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, “Pricilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pricilla, updated 20 October 2026.