Priscila
Girl · pree-SEE-la · Latin
Priscila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient, venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Priscila mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese spelling of Priscilla
“ancient, venerable”
The Spanish and Portuguese spelling of Priscilla, a diminutive of the Roman name Prisca.
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Is Priscila a girl's or a boy's name?
Priscila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Priscila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Priscila, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,991st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 257 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Priscila in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Priscila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 152 | #1,481 |
| 2009 | 182 | #1,322 |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 172 | #1,392 |
| 2006 | 189 | #1,268 |
| 2005 | 237 | #1,025 |
| 2004 | 184 | #1,212 |
| 2003 | 233 | #989 |
| 2002 | 257 | #880 |
| 2001 | 221 | #972 |
| 2000 | 189 | #1,089 |
| 1999 | 186 | #1,075 |
| 1998 | 155 | #1,193 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,798 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 63 | #2,105 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,414 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
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