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Priscilla
Pronounced /pɹɪˈsɪlə/
Rank in 2024
#616
Born in 2024
484
Peak year
1942 · #135
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 484 girls were named Priscilla, about 1 in every 3,333.
- It peaked in 1942 with 1,988 babies, ranked #135.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 122,234 girls have been named Priscilla since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Priscilla per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 0.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10,560 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Silent: 21,018 babies, 1.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 27,516 babies, 0.77 per 1,000. Gen X: 14,984 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Millennials: 25,335 babies, 0.90 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,194 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,553 babies, 0.32 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Feminine diminutive form of a Roman cognomen Prīscus, from Latin prīscus (“former, ancient, old-fashioned”). Compare typologically Seneca (< Latin Seneca < senex).
- A female given name from Latin of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /pɹɪˈsɪlə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Priscilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.