Precilla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Precilla

The Social Security Administration has registered 671 babies named Precilla between 1911 and 2010, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Precilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Precilla performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Precilla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Precilla in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Precilla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 671 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.