Girl name#323 of girl names
Priscilla
Pronounced P R IH0 S IH1 L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1942
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Priscilla?
Priscilla is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 122,581 children — the 323rd most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 29% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1942, when 1,988 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P R IH0 S IH1 L AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Priscilla
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Priscilla
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Priscilla?
- Priscilla ranks 323rd among girls' names in US records, with 122,581 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,264.
- Is Priscilla a unisex name?
- No. Priscilla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Priscilla most popular?
- 1942, when 1,988 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.