Precious
Rank in 2025
#3130
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
51
girls 51
Peak year
1998
741 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
19,540
since 1897
Born a Precious? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Precious was most popular in 1998, when 741 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.42 per 1,000). In 2025, 51 babies were named Precious, ranking #3130 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | 3130 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 69 | 2559 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 70 | 2517 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 87 | 2174 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 84 | 2212 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 58 | 2823 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 90 | 2090 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1799 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 111 | 1842 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 109 | 1875 | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1636 | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | 133 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 145 | 1514 | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1452 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 199 | 1204 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 268 | 955 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 367 | 774 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 375 | 783 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 501 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 534 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 529 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 512 | 558 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 553 | 516 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 689 | 423 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 746 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 648 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 687 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 741 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 639 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 703 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 620 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 631 | 399 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 594 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 569 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 574 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 547 | 452 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 496 | 478 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 525 | 433 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | 427 | 501 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 418 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 377 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 278 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 268 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 271 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 246 | 692 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 249 | 692 | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | 188 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 140 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 132 | 1016 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 88 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 106 | 1100 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | 1226 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 66 | 1450 | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | 87 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 65 | 1528 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 59 | 1599 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 31 | 2296 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 54 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 38 | 1905 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 38 | 1859 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 37 | 1887 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 31 | 2151 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 30 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 23 | 2539 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 23 | 2543 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 21 | 2649 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | 3104 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 20 | 2581 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 10 | 3930 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 18 | 2635 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 24 | 2186 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 16 | 2699 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | 4123 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 21 | 2121 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 15 | 2589 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 16 | 2530 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | 3217 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 14 | 2339 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 21 | 1867 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 16 | 2251 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 18 | 1954 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | 2963 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | 2125 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 15 | 2101 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | 2857 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 9 | 2926 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 25 | 1520 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | 2427 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | 3345 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 21 | 1766 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 16 | 2194 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 29 | 1523 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 20 | 1932 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 23 | 1795 | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | 14 | 2514 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 18 | 2091 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 24 | 1730 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 18 | 2120 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 25 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 24 | 1649 | 5 | 4168 |
| 1918 | 17 | 2102 | 5 | 4179 |
| 1917 | 16 | 2100 | 6 | 3545 |
| 1916 | 12 | 2498 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 3618 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 7 | 2540 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | 1267 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | 1821 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 9 | 1321 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | 1438 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | 1723 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | 1385 | <5 | — |
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Where Precious is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years