How Many People Are Named Priest?
people named Priest are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 624,835 people in the US has this name
Based on 561 babies named Priest in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Priest in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Priest alive today is about 17 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Priest first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2019, to 50 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Priest has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,424, in 1973. In 2025 it ranked #4,351.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,351 |
| Best rank | #1,424 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,539 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Priest alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Priest were born in Texas than in any other state: about 25 of those alive today.
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