Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Precious

#1,065 most common girls' name of all time · #1,896 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1897–2025

Rank among girls
#1,065
Rank overall
#1,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
19,540
Since 2016
860
Peak year
2001 #392
Best rank
#377 1996
Girls Boys peak 746/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Precious first appears in 1897. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 51 — 51 #3,134
2024 69 — 69 #2,562
2023 70 6 76 #2,527
2022 87 — 87 #2,177
2021 84 — 84 #2,219
2020 58 — 58 #2,825
2019 90 6 96 #2,094
2018 113 — 113 #1,801
2017 111 — 111 #1,845
2016 109 6 115 #1,876
2015 131 5 136 #1,636
2014 133 — 133 #1,619
2013 145 5 150 #1,515
2012 157 — 157 #1,454
2011 199 — 199 #1,206
2010 268 — 268 #956
2009 367 5 372 #775
2008 375 — 375 #784
2007 501 — 501 #600
2006 534 — 534 #550
2005 529 — 529 #544
2004 512 5 517 #558
2003 553 5 558 #516
2002 689 7 696 #423
2001 746 — 746 #392
2000 648 — 648 #435
1999 687 — 687 #406
1998 741 — 741 #381
1997 639 — 639 #410
1996 703 — 703 #377
1995 620 — 620 #414
1994 631 7 638 #399
1993 594 — 594 #422
1992 569 — 569 #444
1991 574 — 574 #446
1990 547 8 555 #452
1989 496 8 504 #479
1988 525 8 533 #433
1987 427 5 432 #502
1986 418 — 418 #503
1985 377 — 377 #530
1984 278 — 278 #633
1983 268 — 268 #640
1982 271 — 271 #659
1981 246 6 252 #692
1980 249 7 256 #692
1979 188 — 188 #830
1978 140 — 140 #988
1977 132 — 132 #1,017
1976 88 — 88 #1,265
1975 106 — 106 #1,103
1974 89 — 89 #1,232
1973 66 6 72 #1,453
1972 87 — 87 #1,220
1971 65 — 65 #1,528
1970 59 — 59 #1,601
1969 31 — 31 #2,308
1968 54 — 54 #1,563
1967 38 — 38 #1,905
1966 38 — 38 #1,865
1965 37 — 37 #1,902
1964 31 — 31 #2,163
1963 30 — 30 #2,188
1962 23 — 23 #2,558
1961 23 — 23 #2,562
1960 21 — 21 #2,670
1959 15 — 15 #3,145
1958 20 — 20 #2,612
1957 10 — 10 #3,982
1956 20 — 20 #2,550
1955 18 — 18 #2,661
1954 24 — 24 #2,204
1953 16 — 16 #2,745
1952 8 — 8 #4,195
1951 13 — 13 #2,991
1950 21 — 21 #2,146
1949 29 — 29 #1,783
1948 15 — 15 #2,620
1947 16 — 16 #2,561
1946 10 — 10 #3,284
1945 14 — 14 #2,378
1944 21 — 21 #1,890
1943 16 — 16 #2,295
1942 20 — 20 #1,945
1941 18 — 18 #1,981
1940 9 — 9 #3,031
1939 15 — 15 #2,155
1938 19 — 19 #1,836
1937 15 — 15 #2,153
1936 9 — 9 #2,956
1935 9 — 9 #2,996
1934 12 — 12 #2,490
1933 14 — 14 #2,216
1932 25 — 25 #1,550
1931 12 — 12 #2,489
1930 8 — 8 #3,443
1929 21 5 26 #1,798
1928 16 — 16 #2,237
1927 29 5 34 #1,544
1926 20 6 26 #1,961
1925 23 5 28 #1,825
1924 14 — 14 #2,577
1923 18 — 18 #2,129
1922 24 — 24 #1,766
1921 18 — 18 #2,157
1920 25 — 25 #1,690
1919 24 5 29 #1,676
1918 17 5 22 #2,171
1917 16 6 22 #2,162
1916 12 5 17 #2,575
1915 10 — 10 #2,775
1914 5 — 5 #3,763
1913 7 — 7 #2,665
1911 9 — 9 #1,752
1910 13 — 13 #1,320
1909 5 — 5 #2,372
1908 6 — 6 #2,010
1907 6 — 6 #1,980
1906 9 — 9 #1,404
1905 5 — 5 #2,120
1904 5 — 5 #2,059
1903 6 — 6 #1,751
1902 7 — 7 #1,572
1900 6 — 6 #1,871
1898 5 — 5 #1,908
1897 6 — 6 #1,551