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Priscilla

Girl's name · #544 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Priscilla holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#544 in 2025). About 123,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#672 in England & Wales (2025) · #848 in Ireland (2025) · #981 in Scotland (2025) · #3,140 in France (2025) · #956 in Canada (2024).

Famous Priscillas

• Priscilla Presley — American actress and businesswoman
• Priscilla Chan — American pediatrician and philanthropist
• Priscilla Cooper Tyler — First Lady of The United States from 1842 to 1844
• Priscilla Lane — American actress (1915–1995)
• Priscilla Pointer — American actress (1924–2025)

In stories & tradition

• Priscilla Dupont^ia — Wizarding World Digital
• Priscilla Mullins — The Courtship of Miles Standish (book)
• Priscilla Molesworth — Die zwei Cousinen (TV series)

What Priscillas become

Among 349 notable people named Priscilla:

Entertainers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman.

Similar names: Sylvia · Princess · Kyla · Loretta · Rosemary · Virginia

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