Priscila
Pronounced P R AY1 EH1 S S IY1 AY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2002
- 61 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Priscila?
Priscila is a girls' name, and first appears in 1964. It has been given to 5,665 children — the 1,958th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 53% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2002, when 319 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Prisila and Presila — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Priscila and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Prisila
- Presila
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P R AY1 EH1 S S IY1 AY1 L AA1 · P R AY1 S IY1 L AA1 · P R IY1 EH1 S S IY1 AY1 L AA1 · P R IY1 S IY1 L AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 11111 · 111 · 11111 · 111
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Priscila
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Priscila
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Priscila?
- Priscila ranks 1,958th among girls' names in US records, with 5,665 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 865.
- Is Priscila a unisex name?
- No. Priscila is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Priscila most popular?
- 2002, when 319 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Priscila spelled?
- Prisila, Presila. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.