Prissy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Prissy

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Prissy between 1954 and 1968, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prissy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prissy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Prissy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prissy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prissy 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 28 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.