Pricila
Pricila is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Pricila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pricila is a name with a single cultural origin: Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Pricila
Pricila first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 82 Pricilas were born — ranking #2,081 that year. As of 2026, Pricila ranks #13,584 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 1K Pricilas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Pricila
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About the name Pricila
Pricila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Pricila's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #2,081. Use the chart and map above to compare Pricila's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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