Priscilla

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin Prisca, derived from priscus. The name first appears in the New Testament either as Priscilla or Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity.

From Wikipedia

Priscilla first appears in the data in 1950 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1984 with 372 babies (rank #35 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Priscilla

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

6,231
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
372
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
19501#121
19512#110
19531#1,194
19541#1,224
19565#821
19575#830
195810#664
19595#864
19605#886
19617#793
19626#848
19637#799
196414#625
19659#752
196616#589
196727#462
196842#355
196930#440
197030#445
197171#246
197244#314
197347#298
197462#239
197573#203
197658#246
197772#210
1978134#123
1979106#149
1980133#127
1981144#118
1982191#93
1983286#50
1984372#35
1985347#39
1986321#49
1987296#57
1988274#67
1989264#67
1990303#53
1991322#48
1992313#45
1993277#59
1994244#74
1995224#74
1996150#109
1997127#123
199897#166
199982#194
200065#241
200170#225
200265#230
200388#184
200453#268
200546#279
200643#284
200729#380
200827#406
200931#353
201022#450
201112#614
201212#588
20134#1,023
20147#737