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Precious

Rank in 2024
#2,555
Born in 2024
69
Peak year
2001 · #392
Origin
English

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 69 girls were named Precious, about 1 in every 23,380.
  • It peaked in 2001 with 746 babies, ranked #392.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1897.
  • 19,342 girls have been named Precious since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Precious per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 333 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 273 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 363 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,467 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,544 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,145 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,200 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from English.
Origin
English
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Precious, CC BY-SA 4.0.