Priest
#6,813 most common boys' name of all time · #17,100 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#6,813
Rank overall
#17,100 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
561
Since 2016
277
Peak year
2019 #2,597
Best rank
#1,433 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Priest first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,300 |
| 2024 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,121 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,732 |
| 2022 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,900 |
| 2021 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,994 |
| 2020 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,002 |
| 2019 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,597 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,811 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,325 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,007 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,215 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,707 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,669 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,765 |
| 2010 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,468 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,217 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,332 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,386 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,208 |
| 2005 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,115 |
| 2004 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,691 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,101 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,268 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,176 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,487 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,371 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,734 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,312 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,830 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,384 |
| 1975 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,232 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,305 |
| 1973 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,433 |
| 1972 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,242 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,886 |