How popular is the name Precious?

Precious ranks 945th among girls' names in US records, with 19,513 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 927.

Is Precious a unisex name?

No. Precious is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2001, when 751 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#945 of girl names

Pronounced P R EH1 SH AH0 S (ARPABET)

Precious is a girls' name, and first appears in 1897. It has been given to 19,513 children — the 945th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 71% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2001, when 751 children were given it.

2001Girls: 751Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Precious?: Precious ranks 945th among girls' names in US records, with 19,513 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 927.
Is Precious a unisex name?: No. Precious is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Precious most popular?: 2001, when 751 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.