How Many People Are Named Precious?
people named Precious are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,451 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,540 babies named Precious in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
746 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word precious, ultimately derived from Latin pretiosus, a derivative of Latin pretium "price, worth".
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Precious, 99.5% were girls and 0.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Precious rose from 84.3% in the 1910s to 98.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Precious alive today is about 29 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Precious first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 2001, to 746 babies. In 2025, 51 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Precious has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #377, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,158.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,158 |
| Best rank | #377 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #415 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Precious alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Precious were born in California than in any other state: about 2,103 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Precious was given 3.8 times as often in Hawaii, 3.3 times in Mississippi and 3 times in Louisiana.
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