Girls' name · since 1948
Pricella
Pricella has 86 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
86 girls have been named Pricella since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Pricella recorded 86 times among girls since 1948, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2001.
- #28,870 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1948
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pricella ranks #28,870 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1948, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
Pricella's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pricella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pricella splits its recorded history at 1990: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1955 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pricella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2001
- Peak year (1955)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Pricella by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (38 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Pricella's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Pricella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 38 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pricella's data
- Pricella's decade-level peak was the 1990s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pricella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pricella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.