Priscilla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Priscilla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Priscilla: Recorded since 1966, it reached #247 in 1981, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#891
1997	#770
1998	#1036
1999	#864
2000	#930
2001	#1063
2002	#750
2003	#1224
2004	#912
2005	#890
2006	#783
2007	#899
2008	#1391
2009	#1287
2010	#1180
2011	#1374
2012	#1583
2013	#1707
2014	#1177
2015	#1452
2016	#1472
2017	#1258
2018	#1170
2019	#1153
2020	#1556
2021	#1224
2022	#1023
2023	#888
2024	#776

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 38 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #776 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Priscilla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 261 births with the name.

Priscilla across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Priscilla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#247 (1981)	#718 (2025)	38 of 60	261 (1966–2025)	18 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#891 (1996)	#750 (2002)	#776 (2024)	29 of 29	779 (1996–2024)	48 (2024)

Priscilla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Priscilla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	12	3 of 10	4
1970s	83	9 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	95	9 of 10	11
1990s	28	6 of 10	5
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Priscilla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #247 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Priscilla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#776	48	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#888	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#899	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#783	39	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#912	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#864	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#891	24	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	14	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	18	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Orna · #245, 56y
Sabina · #251, 60y
Angelika · #253, 55y
Lucinda · #238, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Olena · #247, 35y
Edele · #248, 15y
Egidijus · #248, 28y
Errol · #246, 30y

Priscilla was ranked #247 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Priscilla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Priscilla without appearing here.

Priscilla moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1707 and #1484 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1177 and #2464.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #2499.
Sinead Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #1556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #2499.
Wendy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #1449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #2201.

Moved ahead of Priscilla

Ada Compare
In 2007 they stood at #899 and #919 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1391 and #699.
Beau Compare
In 2002 they stood at #750 and #809 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1224 and #545.
Eabha Compare
In 2001 they stood at #440 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #620 and #99.
Ida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #899 and #987 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1391 and #937.

Moved the opposite way to Priscilla

Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 while Alexandra went from #288 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 while Alice went from #73 to #41.
Annie Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 while Annie went from #139 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 while Aoife went from #189 to #34.

Moved the same way as Priscilla

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 and Aisling from #100 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 and Alison from #98 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 and Amanda from #97 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Priscilla went from #380 to #718 and Andrea from #185 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #247 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Priscilla

Priscilla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Priscilla across 2 official records

Priscilla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Priscilla appears in

Popularity data

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Priscilla at a glance

Priscilla across 2 official records

Priscilla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Priscilla appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Priscilla

Priscilla and the names beside it

Priscilla moved ahead of

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