Prisca — #7307 US girls' name
465 babies named Prisca in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Prisca was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Prisca in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prisca
The Social Security Administration has registered 465 babies named Prisca between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prisca currently holds the #7307 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prisca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Prisca shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prisca in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prisca 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 465 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.
Prisca at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Prisca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1959
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #7307 among girls.
465 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 17 births in a single year.
Prisca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 105 births that decade — 23% of Prisca's all-time total
Prisca decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Prisca's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Prisca by state
Where Prisca concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 465 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.