Girls' name · since 1980
Pricila
1,130 babies named Pricila in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,623 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,130
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,130 babies have been named Pricila since 1980, making it today's #13623 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Pricila recorded 1,130 times among girls since 1980, holding rank #13623 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #6,888 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,623 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,130 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pricila ranks #6,888 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,623 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,130 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,623 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,130
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Pricila's 1,130 recorded births place it above 90.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Pricila compares
1,130 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pricila's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pricila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 82 | 21 | 19,840 |
Pricila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pricila splits its recorded history at 2001: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 82 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pricila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Pricila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (659 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Pricila's strongest decade.
659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Pricila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 221
1990s
221 births
- 2000s
2000s
659 births
- 2010s 158
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 659 births (58% of all-time use).
How Pricila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Pricila's total volume
Pricila by state
Where Pricila concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 301 | 26.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 171 | 15.1% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Nevada | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
301 of 1,130 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Pricila's data
- Pricila's decade-level peak was the 2000s (659 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Pricilas (301 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pricila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Pricila 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.