Priest
Boy · PREEST · English
Priest is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “priest”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Priest mean?
English: English word and surname
“priest”
From an English surname, originally for a priest or someone who worked for one.
- Say it
- PREEST
Is Priest a girl's or a boy's name?
Priest is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Priest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Priest, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Priest in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Priest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
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