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Prisca

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Prisca is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “former, ancient, old-fashioned”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Prisca mean?

Latin

“former, ancient, old-fashioned”

A female given name from Latin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Prisca a girl's or a boy's name?

Prisca is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Prisca in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.

Half of all the girls named Prisca in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 6 in 19982024
Prisca in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20243#5,966
20230–
20224#4,870
20210–
20200–
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20160–
20155#4,294
20140–
20130–
20124#5,058
20113#6,007
20100–
20093#5,801
20085#4,065
20076#3,396
20066#3,280
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#4,284
20013#4,156
20000–
19994#3,374
19986#2,535
19970–
19963#3,935

How popular is Prisca in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,489among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Prisca, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.

Half of all the girls named Prisca in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1959Busiest: 17 in 20232025
Prisca in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#7,489
202415#7,247
202317#6,675
202211#9,050
202110#9,557
202015#7,208
201912#8,592
201810#9,801
20179#10,685
201616#7,227
201511#9,476
20145#16,507
201313#8,575
20129#11,251
201112#9,146
20108#12,270
20098#12,423
200814#8,525
200714#8,516
200613#8,711
20058#11,828
20049#10,684
200313#7,993
200211#8,831
20017#12,049
20006#13,147
199911#8,216
199814#6,714
19976#12,065
199612#7,125
199513#6,636
19947#10,563
19939#8,712
199213#6,645
19917#10,263
199013#6,459
198913#6,154
19880–
198711#6,330
19868#7,745
19859#6,952
19840–
19835#10,272
19825#10,514
19810–
19805#10,390
19798#7,311
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19645#6,766
19630–
19625#6,577
19610–
19600–
195910#4,030

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