Is Prisila a boy or girl name?

Prisila is a girl’s name. Of the 787 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Prisila

Recorded 1978–2020 · United States

Prisila was most popular in 2002, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,281 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 787 people named Prisila.

Prisila over time

Births per year. The dot marks Prisila’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Prisila a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Prisila is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 787 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Prisila

Where Prisila is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org