A name. A world of connections.

Priscila

“little old woman”

feminineLatin script

[pɾiˈsila] · Spanish (seseante)

Origin: Not established
7 language contexts: French Spanish Portuguese +4 more
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Priscila

Priscila is a feminine given name documented in French, Spanish, Portuguese and 4 other languages. Portuguese Wiktionary gives the meaning “little old woman”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “little old woman”

Vem do latim Priscilla, forma diminutiva de Prisca. Significa velhinha.

Sources for this account (6)

Portuguese Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q21285814CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q21285814
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Priscila

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Priscila” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q21285814.

All pronunciation details (5)

[pɾiˈsila] — Spanish (seseante)
[pɾisˈθila] — Spanish (no seseante)
/pɾiˈsi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/pɾiˈʃi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/pɾiʃˈsi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)

02 / Across borders

Where Priscila is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Priscila’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 84 girls (rank 2194).

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Priscila

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 84; applications; Rank #2,194
Peak year: 2002; 257 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Priscila in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	5	6,804	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	7	6,362	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	10	5,109	observed
1973	9	5,580	observed
1974	6	7,680	observed
1975	12	4,854	observed
1976	15	4,154	observed
1977	19	3,761	observed
1978	23	3,283	observed
1979	17	4,231	observed
1980	16	4,517	observed
1981	24	3,436	observed
1982	21	3,780	observed
1983	27	3,065	observed
1984	30	2,915	observed
1985	32	2,860	observed
1986	38	2,564	observed
1987	35	2,780	observed
1988	45	2,419	observed
1989	50	2,338	observed
1990	57	2,234	observed
1991	63	2,111	observed
1992	59	2,239	observed
1993	76	1,865	observed
1994	81	1,786	observed
1995	79	1,802	observed
1996	67	2,058	observed
1997	105	1,530	observed
1998	155	1,195	observed
1999	186	1,077	observed
2000	189	1,091	observed
2001	221	973	observed
2002	257	880	observed
2003	233	990	observed
2004	184	1,213	observed
2005	237	1,025	observed
2006	189	1,268	observed
2007	172	1,392	observed
2008	140	1,620	observed
2009	182	1,322	observed
2010	152	1,481	observed
2011	127	1,666	observed
2012	106	1,886	observed
2013	110	1,834	observed
2014	99	1,997	observed
2015	78	2,351	observed
2016	85	2,247	observed
2017	99	1,989	observed
2018	75	2,404	observed
2019	95	2,011	observed
2020	94	1,991	observed
2021	78	2,327	observed
2022	81	2,295	observed
2023	85	2,210	observed
2024	70	2,533	observed
2025	84	2,194	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Priscila” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Priscila Fantin
born 1983
Brazilian actress
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Priscila Perales
born 1983
Mexican actress and actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Priscila with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q21285814CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Priscila

Priscila is a feminine given name documented in French, Spanish, Portuguese and 4 other languages. Portuguese Wiktionary gives the meaning “little old woman”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “little old woman”

Vem do latim Priscilla, forma diminutiva de Prisca. Significa velhinha.

Sources for this account (6)

Portuguese Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q21285814CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q21285814
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Priscila
Feminine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Priscila

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Priscila” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q21285814.

All pronunciation details (5)

[pɾiˈsila] — Spanish (seseante)
[pɾisˈθila] — Spanish (no seseante)
/pɾiˈsi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/pɾiˈʃi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/pɾiʃˈsi.lɐ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)

Where Priscila is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Priscila’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 84 girls (rank 2194).

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Priscila

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 84; applications; Rank #2,194
Peak year: 2002; 257 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Priscila in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	5	6,804	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	7	6,362	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	10	5,109	observed
1973	9	5,580	observed
1974	6	7,680	observed
1975	12	4,854	observed
1976	15	4,154	observed
1977	19	3,761	observed
1978	23	3,283	observed
1979	17	4,231	observed
1980	16	4,517	observed
1981	24	3,436	observed
1982	21	3,780	observed
1983	27	3,065	observed
1984	30	2,915	observed
1985	32	2,860	observed
1986	38	2,564	observed
1987	35	2,780	observed
1988	45	2,419	observed
1989	50	2,338	observed
1990	57	2,234	observed
1991	63	2,111	observed
1992	59	2,239	observed
1993	76	1,865	observed
1994	81	1,786	observed
1995	79	1,802	observed
1996	67	2,058	observed
1997	105	1,530	observed
1998	155	1,195	observed
1999	186	1,077	observed
2000	189	1,091	observed
2001	221	973	observed
2002	257	880	observed
2003	233	990	observed
2004	184	1,213	observed
2005	237	1,025	observed
2006	189	1,268	observed
2007	172	1,392	observed
2008	140	1,620	observed
2009	182	1,322	observed
2010	152	1,481	observed
2011	127	1,666	observed
2012	106	1,886	observed
2013	110	1,834	observed
2014	99	1,997	observed
2015	78	2,351	observed
2016	85	2,247	observed
2017	99	1,989	observed
2018	75	2,404	observed
2019	95	2,011	observed
2020	94	1,991	observed
2021	78	2,327	observed
2022	81	2,295	observed
2023	85	2,210	observed
2024	70	2,533	observed
2025	84	2,194	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q21285814CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: PriscilaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Priscila

About Priscila

Meaning in the sources

Where Priscila is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Priscila Fantin

Priscila Perales

Priscilia

Priscilla

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Priscila

About Priscila

Meaning in the sources

Where Priscila is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Priscila Fantin

Priscila Perales

Priscilia

Priscilla

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Priscila

Meaning in the sources

Where Priscila is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Priscila Fantin

Priscila Perales

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Priscilia

Priscilla

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Priscila

Meaning in the sources

Where Priscila is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Priscila Fantin

Priscila Perales

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Priscilia

Priscilla

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page