Priscilla
Girl · pri-SIL-a · Latin
Priscilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient, venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 544th for girls in the US (555 babies).
What does Priscilla mean?
Latin: diminutive of Prisca
“ancient, venerable”
In the New Testament Priscilla and her husband Aquila were missionaries who worked alongside Saint Paul.
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Is Priscilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Priscilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 555 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Priscilla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #681among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Priscilla, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Priscilla of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Priscilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 667th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Priscilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #681 |
| 2024 | 51 | #795 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 39 | #834 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Priscilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #544among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 555about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 555 girls in the US were named Priscilla, making it the 544th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 561st. Its busiest year was 1942, with 1,988 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Priscilla than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Priscilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Priscilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 555 | #544 |
| 2024 | 487 | #613 |
| 2023 | 452 | #649 |
| 2022 | 411 | #714 |
| 2021 | 478 | #620 |
| 2020 | 523 | #561 |
| 2019 | 487 | #618 |
| 2018 | 535 | #577 |
| 2017 | 592 | #526 |
| 2016 | 669 | #476 |
| 2015 | 636 | #501 |
| 2014 | 652 | #483 |
| 2013 | 637 | #479 |
| 2012 | 632 | #488 |
| 2011 | 612 | #484 |
| 2010 | 621 | #486 |
| 2009 | 772 | #412 |
| 2008 | 777 | #412 |
| 2007 | 876 | #374 |
| 2006 | 874 | #373 |
| 2005 | 909 | #345 |
| 2004 | 921 | #346 |
| 2003 | 1,080 | #288 |
| 2002 | 1,090 | #285 |
| 2001 | 1,130 | #279 |
| 2000 | 1,170 | #273 |
| 1999 | 1,291 | #247 |
| 1998 | 1,284 | #238 |
| 1997 | 1,156 | #253 |
| 1996 | 1,093 | #259 |
| 1995 | 1,307 | #215 |
| 1994 | 1,507 | #196 |
| 1993 | 1,596 | #182 |
| 1992 | 1,726 | #179 |
| 1991 | 1,779 | #168 |
| 1990 | 1,754 | #167 |
| 1989 | 1,740 | #164 |
| 1988 | 1,812 | #156 |
| 1987 | 1,648 | #168 |
| 1986 | 1,536 | #175 |
| 1985 | 1,701 | #167 |
| 1984 | 1,601 | #172 |
| 1983 | 1,508 | #180 |
| 1982 | 1,488 | #184 |
| 1981 | 1,540 | #180 |
| 1980 | 1,432 | #187 |
| 1979 | 1,256 | #209 |
| 1978 | 1,099 | #225 |
| 1977 | 913 | #272 |
| 1976 | 789 | #290 |
| 1975 | 722 | #317 |
| 1974 | 904 | #280 |
| 1973 | 826 | #290 |
| 1972 | 766 | #316 |
| 1971 | 903 | #304 |
| 1970 | 936 | #304 |
| 1969 | 918 | #300 |
| 1968 | 857 | #302 |
| 1967 | 871 | #290 |
| 1966 | 846 | #300 |
| 1965 | 945 | #283 |
| 1964 | 1,138 | #267 |
| 1963 | 1,248 | #252 |
| 1962 | 1,211 | #257 |
| 1961 | 1,089 | #278 |
| 1960 | 1,215 | #252 |
| 1959 | 1,271 | #243 |
| 1958 | 1,396 | #219 |
| 1957 | 1,449 | #220 |
| 1956 | 1,350 | #224 |
| 1955 | 1,280 | #226 |
| 1954 | 1,307 | #222 |
| 1953 | 1,379 | #214 |
| 1952 | 1,547 | #192 |
| 1951 | 1,590 | #181 |
| 1950 | 1,672 | #169 |
| 1949 | 1,935 | #154 |
| 1948 | 1,847 | #155 |
| 1947 | 1,933 | #151 |
| 1946 | 1,659 | #160 |
| 1945 | 1,412 | #166 |
| 1944 | 1,576 | #157 |
| 1943 | 1,834 | #146 |
| 1942 | 1,988 | #135 |
| 1941 | 1,971 | #132 |
| 1940 | 1,970 | #127 |
| 1939 | 1,542 | #148 |
| 1938 | 1,026 | #188 |
| 1937 | 797 | #207 |
| 1936 | 758 | #215 |
| 1935 | 774 | #220 |
| 1934 | 664 | #240 |
| 1933 | 676 | #234 |
| 1932 | 728 | #225 |
| 1931 | 749 | #221 |
| 1930 | 824 | #213 |
| 1929 | 842 | #214 |
| 1928 | 887 | #212 |
| 1927 | 898 | #211 |
| 1926 | 834 | #220 |
| 1925 | 830 | #224 |
| 1924 | 861 | #224 |
| 1923 | 811 | #227 |
| 1922 | 761 | #234 |
| 1921 | 723 | #248 |
| 1920 | 637 | #260 |
| 1919 | 557 | #269 |
| 1918 | 518 | #275 |
| 1917 | 456 | #288 |
| 1916 | 440 | #286 |
| 1915 | 392 | #292 |
| 1914 | 279 | #316 |
| 1913 | 241 | #304 |
| 1912 | 205 | #319 |
| 1911 | 148 | #325 |
| 1910 | 142 | #322 |
| 1909 | 99 | #368 |
| 1908 | 106 | #345 |
| 1907 | 117 | #321 |
| 1906 | 107 | #325 |
| 1905 | 88 | #357 |
| 1904 | 80 | #365 |
| 1903 | 79 | #355 |
| 1902 | 79 | #362 |
| 1901 | 72 | #359 |
| 1900 | 110 | #322 |
| 1899 | 59 | #378 |
| 1898 | 71 | #371 |
| 1897 | 73 | #343 |
| 1896 | 72 | #343 |
| 1895 | 63 | #352 |
| 1894 | 59 | #364 |
| 1893 | 51 | #379 |
| 1892 | 50 | #378 |
| 1891 | 51 | #349 |
| 1890 | 40 | #400 |
| 1889 | 39 | #388 |
| 1888 | 56 | #320 |
| 1887 | 51 | #297 |
| 1886 | 42 | #326 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 40 | #304 |
| 1883 | 27 | #343 |
| 1882 | 35 | #296 |
| 1881 | 27 | #301 |
| 1880 | 26 | #309 |
Nicknames for Priscilla
- Cilla
- Prissy
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