Prisilla
Girl · prih-SEE-la · Latin
Prisilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Prisilla mean?
Latin: spelling of Prisila; Spanish spelling of Priscila, from Latin Priscilla, a diminutive of Prisca
“ancient”
Priscilla and her husband Aquila were early Christian missionaries and companions of the apostle Paul.
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- prih-SEE-la
Meaning borrowed from Prisila.
Is Prisilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Prisilla is a girls' name.
How popular is Prisilla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Prisilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prisilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Nicknames for Prisilla
- Cilla
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