Girls' name · since 1883
Pricilla
Pricilla has 4,466 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,466
- born since 1883
- 1990s
- peak decade
4,466 babies have been named Pricilla since 1883, making it today's #7894 girls' name.
Pricilla has 4,466 recorded births among girls since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7894 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1883 to 2025.
- #2,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,894 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,466 born since 1883
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pricilla ranks #2,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,894 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,466 born since 1883, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,466
- born since 1883
- 1990s
- peak decade
Pricilla's 4,466 recorded births place it above 96.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Pricilla compares
4,466 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Pricilla's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pricilla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,466 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 125 | 21 | 19,840 |
Pricilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pricilla's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1883, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 125, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pricilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 125
- Annual births at peak, across 143 years of records
Pricilla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (908 births, 20% of the file).
1990s was Pricilla's strongest decade.
908 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Pricilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 13
1880s
13 births
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 28
1900s
28 births
- 1910s 36
1910s
36 births
- 1920s 113
1920s
113 births
- 1930s 96
1930s
96 births
- 1940s 281
1940s
281 births
- 1950s 287
1950s
287 births
- 1960s
1960s
399 births
- 1970s
1970s
442 births
- 1980s
1980s
843 births
- 1990s
1990s
908 births
- 2000s
2000s
732 births
- 2010s 225
2010s
225 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 908 births (20% of all-time use).
How Pricilla 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 Pricilla's total volume
Pricilla by state
Where Pricilla concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,020 | 22.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 691 | 15.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 121 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 61 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 54 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 31 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 20 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 16 | 0.4% |
1,020 of 4,466 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Pricilla appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Pricilla's data
- Pricilla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (908 total births); usage has since declined to 58 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Pricillas (1,020 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pricilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~142 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, 1883–2025 (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 Pricilla 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.