Girls' name · since 1923
Priscillia
438 babies named Priscillia in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 438
- born since 1923
- 1940s
- peak decade
Priscillia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 438 have been recorded since 1923.
Priscillia has 438 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2023.
- #12,806 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 438 born since 1923
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Priscillia ranks #12,806 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 438 born since 1923, peaking in the 1940s.
- #12,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 438
- born since 1923
- 1940s
- peak decade
Priscillia's 438 recorded births place it above 82.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Priscillia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Priscillia's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Priscillia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2023
- Peak year (1957)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Priscillia by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (82 births, 19% of the file).
1940s was Priscillia's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Priscillia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1940s
1940s
82 births
- 1950s
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 82 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Priscillia's decade-level peak was the 1940s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Priscillia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1923–2023 (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 Priscillia 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.