Precious

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Precious is a predominantly feminine given name derived from the English word meaning "of great worth." It is also in occasional use for males. It first appeared in the top 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States in 1978, when it ranked at 989.

From Wikipedia

Precious first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 37 babies (rank #717 that year). In 2024 it was given to 15 girls (rank #1,598). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Precious

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Precious yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

648
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
37
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19927#2,067
19936#2,355
19949#1,617
19956#2,493
19965#2,847
199716#1,148
199820#962
199913#1,335
200021#934
200119#1,043
200215#1,230
200318#1,120
200420#1,067
200523#997
200637#717
200721#1,130
200829#913
200926#994
201030#900
201127#961
201226#1,006
201331#878
201425#1,059
201526#995
201622#1,158
201729#927
201821#1,195
201914#1,666
202018#1,340
202116#1,512
202221#1,189
202316#1,478
202415#1,598