Given name
Priscila
Priscila is a feminine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Priscila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,897
- 0 boys · 4,897 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 257 babies
- 2025
- 84
- #2,211 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,211 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 257 in 2002. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,484 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Priscila’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Priscila has a conventional equivalent in the English form Priscilla. In Portuguese usage, Priscila has a conventional equivalent in the French form PRISCILLE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Priscila
- Priscila FantinBrazilian actressborn 1983
- Priscila PeralesMexican actress and actorborn 1983
- Priscila TommyVanuatuan table tennis player (* 1991)
- Priscila DaroitBrazilian volleyball playerborn 1988
- Priscila BorjaSpanish footballerborn 1985
- Priscila MachadoBrazilian model, Miss Brasil 2011born 1986
- Priscila SennaBrazilian singerborn 1980
- PriscilaBrazilian association football playerborn 1982
- Priscila MarquesBrazilian judokaborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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